South coast of Australia to 1772 and beyond
Although part of the south coast, from Cape Leeuwin to around Fowlers Bay, was first mapped in 1627, there are no documented accounts of any visits until Vancouver entered King Georges Sound on 29 September 1791, staying until 11 October 1791. While extensive investigation were undertaken in the area, and signs of Aboriginal occupation, such see more
North west coast of Australia 1643 to 1688
[North West Cape to Cape Londonderry] Tasman’s Voyage of 1643 Documentary Source other than original Journal Witsen, N 1705 Noord en Ooste Tartarye, Amsterdam: Francois Halma, pp.175-6. p.175 In latitude 190 35’ and longitude 1340 natives who appeared in great numbers threw stones at the people the Dutch sent ashore in 1643; these people were…see more
Tasmania 1642 to 1772
Blackman Bay and East Coast of Tasmania 1642 Tasman’s Voyage of 1642 Journal – Abel Tasman Tasman, A J 1898 Abel Janszoon Tasman’s Journal, J E Heeres (comp. and trans.), Amsterdam: Frederick Muller. p.15 [Report of Pilot-Major and Second Mate, 2 December 1642] They [shore party] had heard certain human sounds, and also sounds nearly….see more
North coast of Australia 1636 to 1705
[Cape Londonderry to Norman River] Gulf of Carpentaria and Arnhem Land The coast of Arnhem Land was mapped by the Dutch in the “Arnhem” skippered at that stage by Willem van Coolsteerdt in 1623 but there are no accounts of what transpired during that section of their voyage. Voyage of Klein Amsterdam and Wesel 1636…..see more
Lower west coast – cape Leeuwin to Swan river 1658 – 1697
Elburgh 1658 Documentary Source other than original Journals “Letter of the Governor-General and Council to the Managers of the VOC December 14, 1658” in J E Heeres 1899 The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia, London: Luzac and Co., p.81. p.81 the skipper, together with one of the steersmen, the sergeant….see more
West coast of Australia 1629 to 1699
[Cape Leeuwin to North West Cape] Central and Upper West Coast 1629 – 1697 The Voyage of the Batavia Journal – Francisco Pelsaert Recording Navigator: F Pelsaert 1629 “The Journals of Francisco Pelsaert” in H Drake-Brockman 1982 Voyage to Disaster, Sydney: Angus and Robertson, pp.107-254. pp.129-30 [240, Red Bluff area area, 14 June 1629] [Our…..see more
Cape York and Torres Strait 1606 to 1643
RELATING TO: The Voyage of the Duyfken – Willem Janszoon (Master) and Jan Lodewijkszoon van Rosingeyn (Supercargo) , West Cape York, Queensland, 1606. Documentary Sources other than original Journals Recording Navigator: J Carstenszoon 1623, taken from: “Summary abstract of the Journal of the … voyage of discovery … with the yachts Pera and Aernem” in….see more
