THE EARLY CHARTING OF VICTORIA’S COASTLINE: WITH COMMENTS ON VICTORIA’S MARITIME BOUNDARIES COMPILED BY GREGORY C. ECCLESTON AUSTRALIAN AND NEW ZEALAND MAP SOCIETY If any errors are noticed, please advise Greg Eccleston at
[email protected] THE EARLY CHARTING OF VICTORIA’S COASTLINE: WITH COMMENTS ON VICTORIA’S MARITIME BOUNDARIES © Gregory C. Eccleston 27 April 2012 CONTENTS : Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………. 5 James Cook ( Endeavour )………………………………………………………………………… 7 William Clark ( Sydney Cove )……………………………………………………………………. 13 George Bass (whale-boat)………………………………………………………………………… 15 James Grant ( Lady Nelson )………………………………………………………………………. 22 John Black ( Harbinger )…………………………………………………………………………… 25 James Grant + Francis Barrallier ( Lady Nelson )……………………………………………….. 28 Nicolas Baudin ( Géographe ) + Emmanuel Hamelin ( Naturaliste )……………………………... 34 John Murray + William Bowen ( Lady Nelson )…………………………………………………. 47 Matthew Flinders ( Investigator )………………………………………………………………….. 58 Charles Grimes + James Meehan + Charles Robbins ( Cumberland )………………………….. 67 James Tuckey ( Calcutta ) + George Harris………………………………………………………. 71 Dumont d’Urville ( L’Astrolabe )………………………………………………………………….. 74 F. A. Wetherall ( Fly )……………………………………………………………………………… 77 Thomas Mitchell…………………………………………………………………………………... 79 Hastings Henry, Thomas Symonds, Frederick Shortland + William Hobson ( Rattlesnake )…. 81 John Wickham + John Lort Stokes ( Beagle )……………………………………………………. 84 Subsequent Admiralty Surveys…………………………………………………………………... 106 Appendix I – Nautical