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Observations on the Coasts of Van Diemen's Land - Matthew Flinders
Matthew Flinders
Observations on the Coasts of Van Diemen's Land
Published by Good Press, 2022
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Table of Contents
PREFACE.
VAN DIEMEN's LAND [I]
HUNTER's ISLES.
VAN DIEMEN's LAND. [II]
FURNEAUX's ISLANDS.
KENT's GROUP.
NEW SOUTH WALES. [I]
BASS's STRAIT.
NEW SOUTH WALES. [II]
THE END
PREFACE.
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THE following observations are extracted from the journals of some expeditions from Port Jackson, mostly undertaken by order of His Excellency governor Hunter, for the purpose of exploring the neighbouring coasts. They are here put together under different heads, for the convenience of those who may be amongst the first to use this navigation; and to serve as an explanation to the charts of Van Diemen's Land, Bass's Strait, and those parts of New South Wales, which have lately been examined by the officers of His Majesty's ship Reliance.
The charts are not given as perfect, but as containing the form and situation of what was really seen, as near as could be ascertained. When it is considered, that no time-keeper could be procured for these expeditions, and that the vessel in which most of the work was performed, was not of twenty-five tons burthen, great accuracy in the longitude will not be expected; as a proof, however, that every effort was made to avert errors; it is proper to remark, that from the northeast cape of Van Diemen's Land, named Cape Portland, by governor Hunter, round by the west, to the South-west Cape, the sloop was kept close to the shore, and brought back every morning within sight of the same point it had been hauled off from on the precedeing evening. By which means the chain of angles was never wholly broken; and the dead-reckoning from Port Dalrymple, being corrected by these bearings, placed the South-west Cape in the same situation as captain Cook, within 5' of longitude. This was an unexpected agreement, and must not be looked for in the relative situations of the islands in Bass's Strait; and more especially of those which are not in sight from Van Diemen's Land.
The rottenness of the deep-sea line, with which the sloop was supplied, will account for the very few soundings which are marked in the strait; independently of the small number of the crew, and size of the vessel.
The bearings in the following memoirs are always as given by the compass, unless it is otherwise particularly expressed.
If the information here brought forward should be thought little, or imperfect; it ought to be remembered, that that little was gained, under very disadvantageous circumstances, by the voluntary labours of a few individuals; whose only stimulus to so hazardous an undertaking, was the disinterested spirit of discovery.
If seamen find themselves assisted by these observations and the charts to which they are attached, in conducting ships along new coasts, and into new harbours, it is hoped, that inaccuracies in language and in style will be allowed to pass without severe censure.
VAN DIEMEN's LAND [I]
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THE south-eastern parts of this island, received the name of VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, from Abel Janson Tasman, who discovered it more than a century ago. Since that time, captain Furneaux and others have enlarged our knowledge of the south and east coasts, at different periods; but, though suspected of being separated from New Holland, Van Diemen's Land was not known to be a distinct island, until its circumnavigation was lately accomplished in a small sloop, called the Norfolk, by the order of governor Hunter. It is now found to be thirty leagues distant from any known part of New South Wales. It contains something more than 18,000 square miles of surface; and as far as could be observed, Van Diemen's Land appears to be superior in fertility to the same space of ground in any known part of New South Wales.
A long swell from the south-westward does mostly, if not always, roll in from the southern Indian Ocean, upon the western shores of Van Diemen's Land; and as there is no known place of shelter upon this coast, it becomes extremely dangerous to approach it. The shore in general, is rocky; and in many places there are reefs lying three or four miles off it; but there are also patches of sandy beach; more especially from the black cliffy head, in about 40° 54' south, to about 41° 36': the dangerous bight also, the center of which is in 42° 4', is mostly beach.