The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders Part 28

Mount Young, after Admiral Young.

Point Lowly.

Mount Brown, after the botanist.

Mount Arden, Flinders' great-grandmother's name.

Point Riley, after an Admiralty official.

Point Pearce, after an Admiralty official.

Corny Point, "a remarkable point."

Hardwicke Bay, after Lord Hardwicke.

Spencer's Gulf and Cape, after Earl Spencer.

Althorp Isles, after Lord Spencer's eldest son.

Kangaroo Island and Head.

Point Marsden, after the Second Secretary to the Admiralty.

Nepean Bay, after Sir Evan Nepean, Secretary to the Admiralty.

Mount Lofty, from its height.

St. Vincent's Gulf, after Admiral Lord St. Vincent.

Cape Jervis, Lord St. Vincent's family name.

Troubridge Hill, after Admiral Troubridge.

Investigator Strait.

Yorke's Peninsula, after the Honourable C.P. Yorke.

Prospect Hill.

Pelican Lagoon.

Backstairs Pa.s.sage.

Antechamber Bay.

Cape Willoughby.

Pages Islets.

Encounter Bay.

VOYAGE OF THE INVESTIGATOR (Victoria):

Point Franklin.

Indented Head (Port Phillip).

Station Peak (Port Phillip).

VOYAGE OF THE INVESTIGATOR (Queensland):

Tacking Point.

Mount Larcom, after Captain Larcom, R.N.

Gatcombe Head.

Port Curtis, after Admiral Sir Roger Curtis.

Facing Island, the eastern boundary of Port Curtis, facing the sea.

Port Bowen, after Captain James Bowen, R.N., Naval Commandant at Madeira when the Investigator put in there.

Cape Clinton, after Colonel Clinton of the 85th Regiment, Commandant at Madeira.

Entrance Island.

West.w.a.ter Head.

East.w.a.ter Hill.

Mount Westall, after William Westall the artist.

Townshend Island--Cook had so named the Cape which is its prominent feature.

Leicester Island.

Aken's Island, after the Master of the Investigator.

Strongtide Pa.s.sage.

Double Mount.

Mount Funnel, from its form.

Upper Head.

Percy Isles, after the Northumberland family.

Eastern Fields, coral banks near Torres Strait.

Pandora's Entrance, after the Pandora.

Half-way Island, convenient anchorage for ships going through Tortes Strait.

Good Island, after Peter Good, the botanist.

VOYAGE OF THE INVESTIGATOR (in the Gulf of Carpentaria):

Duyfken Point, after the first vessel which entered the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Pera Head, after the second vessel that sailed along this coast in 1623.

Sweers Island, after a member of the Batavia Council in Tasman's time.

Inspection Hill.

Lord William Bentinck's Island (now Bentinck Island), after the Governor of Madras.

Allen's Island, after the "Miner"--i.e., Geologist--of the Investigator.

Horseshoe Island.

Investigator Road.

Pisonia Isle, from the soft white wood of the Pisonia tree found upon it.

Bountiful Island.

Wellesley Island, Mornington Isle--After the Marquess Wellesley, Governor-General of India, whose earlier t.i.tle was Lord Mornington.

VOYAGE OF THE INVESTIGATOR (Northern Territory):

Vanderlin Island, the Dutch "Cape Vanderlin."

Sir Edward Pellew Group, Cape Pellew, after Admiral Pellew.

Craggy Isles.

West Island.

North Island.

Centre Island.

Observation Island.

Cabbage-Tree Cove.

Maria Island, the Dutch "Cape Maria."

Bickerton Island, after Admiral Sir Richard Bickerton.

Cape Barrow, after Sir John Barrow.

Connexion Island.

North Point Island.

Chasm Island, "the upper parts are intersected by many deep chasms."

North-West Bay.

Winchelsea Island, after the Earl of Winchelsea.

Finch's Island, after the Winchelsea family name.

Panda.n.u.s Hill, from the clump of trees upon it.

Burney Island, after Captain James Burney, R.N.

Nicol Island, after "His Majesty's bookseller."

Woodah Island, "it having some resemblance to the whaddie, or woodah, a wooden sword used by the natives of Port Jackson."

Bustard Isles--They "harboured several bustards."

Mount Grindall, Point Grindall, after Vice-Admiral Grindall.

Morgan's Isle, after a seaman who died there.

Bluemud Bay, "in most parts of the bay is a blue mud of so fine a quality that I judge it might be useful in the manufacture of earthenware."