SOME IMPORTANT REFERENCES FOR THE ROUTES OF EARLY NAVIGATORS NEAR OR THROUGH BASS STRAIT
TO ACCOMPANY THE MAP ‘EARLY NAVIGATORS OF BASS STRAIT 1770-1803’
(Note: While it is intended that this list contain the important primary sources, it is not necessarily an exhaustive list.)
© Gregory C. Eccleston 1 December 2010
NAVIGATOR
James Cook
“Endeavour”
Tobias Furneaux
“Adventure”
REFERENCES
Lieut . Jam . Cook Commander, Charts, Plans, Views and Drawings taken on board His Majestys Bark Endeavour in the Years, 1768, 1769,
and 1770, British Museum, Additional MS 7085, ff. 34, 35, 45, 1773. [Facsimiles are reproduced in HRNSW: Cook. 1762-1780.
Facsimiles of Charts, To accompany Vol. I, Part 1., Government Printer, Sydney, 1893].
James Cook, Log of Endeavour for period 18 February to 23 September 1770, British Museum, Additional MS 27885.
Robert Molyneux, New Holland – The Coast on the Eastern Side from Latde 37º So Survey’d on Board His Maj’s Bark Endeavour by Rt
Molyneux Mar 1770, UK Hydrographic Office, chart 593, press 69.
William Whitchurch, Chart of part of the South Sea shewing the Tracts and Discoveries made His Majesty’s Ships… Engraved by W
Whitchurch Pleasant Row Islington, 1773.
A Chart of New South Wales, or the East Coast of New-Holland, Discover’d and Explored by Lieutenant J. Cook, Commander of his
Majesty’s Bark Endeavour, in the Year MDCCLXX, in John Hawkesworth (comp.), An Account of the Voyages undertaken by the Order
of His Present Majesty for making Discoveries in the Southern Hemisphere…, Vol. III, W. Strahan and T. Cadell, London, 1773, opp. p.
481.
Chart of the East Coast of New-Holland by James Cook, 1770. Plate 1st. Published according to Act of Parliament by A Dalrymple Oct 4th
1789. W. Harrison Sc. [This is the southernmost of three plates, whose facsimiles are reproduced in HRNSW: Cook. 1762-1780.
Facsimiles of Charts, To accompany Vol. I, Part 1., Government Printer, Sydney, 1893].
J. C. Beaglehole (ed.), The Journals of Captain James Cook on his Voyages of Discovery, Hakluyt Society, CUP, 1955, vol. 1, The Voyage of
the Endeavour, 1768-1771.
Brigadier L. FitzGerald O.B.E., ‘Point Hicks to Cape Howe’, The Victorian Historical Magazine, issue 165, vol. 42 (3), August 1971, pp.
579-96. [The same article subsequently appeared in Traverse, 36 (March 1972), pp. 11-15; 38 (September 1972), pp. 4-6, but without
references.]
A. David, R. Joppien and B. Smith (eds), The Charts and Coastal Views of Captain Cook’s Voyages, 3 vols, Hakluyt Society, London, 19881997.
William Strahan & Thomas Cadell, Sketch of Van Diemen Land, Explored By Captn. Furneaux, in March 1773. Wm. Strahan, New Street
Shoe Lane, & Thos. Cadell in the Strand, London, 1 Feb., 1777, being chart no. VIII in A Voyage Towards the South Pole and Round the
World, being the narrative of James Cook’s second voyage.
Matthew Flinders, Chart of the south coast of Terra Australis, Sheet No. 6, by M. Flinders, Commr. of H. M. S. Investigator 1802 and 3 [What
follows the title is a long statement attributing credit for various pieces of information to numerous people, including Furneaux. The
statement is dated March 16, 1811], UK Hydrographic Office, chart y48/10, shelf Xr.
t
s
Guy Hamilton
“Sydney Cove”
and its longboat
George Bass
whaleboat
Matthew Flinders
“Francis”
Captain Guy Hamilton’s narrative of the shipwreck, and William Clark’s narrative of the voyage in the longboat, appeared in Asiatic Mirror,
Calcutta, 27 December 1797 to 10 January 1798. [Reprinted in HRNSW 3:757-68.]
Geoffrey Rawson, Matthew Flinders’ Narrative of his Voyage in the schooner Francis: 1798; Preceded and Followed by Notes on Flinders,
Bass, the Wreck of the Sidney Cove, &c., The Golden Cockerel Press, Great Britain, 1946, pp. 44-66, map opp. p. 100.
Michael Nash, Cargo for the Colony: The Wreck of the Merchant Ship ‘Sydney Cove’, Braxus Press, Sydney, 1996, including maps opp. pp.
20, 30.
George Bass, ‘Voyage in a Whale-boat’, HRNSW 3 pp. 312-31. [The note on p. 313 together with the text on pp. 319-29 cover the section
west of Cape Howe.]
Western Port on the S. Coast of Nw. South Wales from Mr. Bass’s Eye-Sketch, A. Arrowsmith, London, 1801.
Matthew Flinders, Sketch of the Parts between Van Diemens Land and New South Wales Seen in the Francis Schooner 1798. By M. Flinders
2 Lieut. of H. M. Ship Reliance. The Part of New South Wales was coasted by Mr. Bass, Surgeon of the Reliance in a whale Boat & where
not seen in the Francis is taken from him. UK Hydrographic Office, chart y65, shelf X. [Shows the Victorian coastline as far west as
Western Port.]
Matthew Flinders, Part of New South Wales… Van Diemens Land Circumnavigated in the colonial sloop Norfolk by Mattw. Flinders – 2nd
Lieut. of H.M.S. Reliance, by order of His Excellency Gov. Hunter in 1798 and 9… UK Hydrographic Office, chart 49/1, shelf Xr. Shows
Bass’ route in the whaleboat. [It is likely that the photo-lithographed map shown in HRNSW 3, opp. p. 769, was copied from this chart. It
is entitled Chart of Van Diemen’s Land and Part of the Southern Coast of Australia.]
Southern coast of New South Wales, Bass Strait, and Van Diemen’s Land showing the tracks of the Francis 1798 and the Norfolk 1798-9
from Port Jackson by Flinders, and the track of the whale-boat by G. Bass, British Museum, Additional MS 21593.
A chart of Basses Strait between New South Wales and Van Dieman’s Land: surveyed by Lieut. Flinders of His Majesty’s Ship Reliance. By
order of his Excellency Governor Hunter. 1798-9. London Published June 16th 1800 by A. Arrowsmith No. 21 Rathbone Place. [First
state of chart.]
A Chart of Bass’s Strait between New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land: explored by Mattw. Flinders 2nd. Lieut. of His Majesty’s Ship
Reliance. By order of His Excellency Governor Hunter. 1798-9. London Published June 16th 1800 by A. Arrowsmith No. 21 Rathbone
Place. [Second, revised, state of chart.]
Matthew Flinders, Chart of the south coast of Terra Australis, Sheet No. 6, by M. Flinders, Commr. of H. M. S. Investigator 1802 and 3 [What
follows the title is a long statement attributing credit for various pieces of information to numerous people, including Bass. The statement
is dated March 16, 1811], UK Hydrographic Office, chart y48/10, shelf Xr.
Southern coast of New South Wales, Bass Strait, and Van Diemen’s Land showing the tracks of the Francis 1798 and the Norfolk 1798-9
from Port Jackson by Flinders, and the track of the whale-boat by G. Bass, British Museum, Additional MS 21593.
Matthew Flinders, Sketch of the Parts between Van Diemens Land and New South Wales seen in the Francis Schooner 1798. By M. Flinders
2 Lieut. of H. M. Ship Reliance. The Part of New South Wales was coasted by Mr. Bass, Surgeon of the Reliance in a whale Boat & when
not seen in the Francis is taken from him. UK Hydrographic Office, chart y65, shelf X.
A chart of Basses Strait between New South Wales and Van Dieman’s Land: surveyed by Lieut. Flinders of His Majesty’s Ship Reliance. By
order of his Excellency Governor Hunter. 1798-9. London Published June 16th 1800 by A. Arrowsmith No. 21 Rathbone Place. [First
state of chart.]
A Chart of Bass’s Strait between New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land: explored by Mattw. Flinders 2nd. Lieut. of His Majesty’s Ship
Flinders/Bass
“Norfolk”
Reliance. By order of His Excellency Governor Hunter. 1798-9. London Published June 16th 1800 by A. Arrowsmith No. 21 Rathbone
Place. [Second, revised, state of chart.]
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of Different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802 Including Lieut. M Flinders’s. Track Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensn. Barrallier of the New S. W. Corps
Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King. Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Ly. Julian, for
instance]. This MS chart is stored in the UKHO with the following MS chart, but differs from it.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802, Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensign Barrallier of the New South
Wales Corps Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Lady
Julian Id., for instance]. See also the following published chart.
Chart of Bass’s Strait Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of the different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Septr. 1800 and 9th. March 1802;
Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798. London. Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty, and
to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Charing Cross, Jany. 1st. 1806. [Shows Lady Julien I., for instance.]
Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis…, G. & W. Nicol, London, 1814, vol. 3: Atlas: Plate VI: Chart of Terra Australis by M.
Flinders Commr. of H. M. Sloop Investigator. South Coast, Sheet V. 1798, 1802, & 3; Plate VII: Chart of Terra Australis by M. Flinders
1798-9. South Coast, Sheet VI.
Southern coast of New South Wales, Bass Strait, and Van Diemen’s Land showing the tracks of the Francis 1798 and the Norfolk 1798-9
from Port Jackson by Flinders, and the track of the whale-boat by G. Bass, British Museum, Additional MS 21593.
Matthew Flinders, Part of New South Wales… Van Diemens Land Circumnavigated in the colonial sloop Norfolk by Mattw. Flinders – 2nd
Lieut. of H.M.S. Reliance, by order of His Excellency Gov. Hunter in 1798 and 9… UK Hydrographic Office, chart 49/1, shelf Xr. [It is
likely that the photo-lithographed map shown in HRNSW 3, opp. p. 769, was copied from this chart. It is entitled Chart of Van Diemen’s
Land and Part of the Southern Coast of Australia.]
A Chart Shewing the Track of the Harbinger, Ino Black Master through Bass’s Straits On her Passage from the Cape of Good Hope to Port
Jackson 1800-1801 The situation of Kents Group having been well ascertained by Lieut. Flinders it is taken for a fixed point and the other
shaded parts are laid down by dead reckoning deduced back from it The unshaded parts are laid down from Mr Flinders MSt Chart, UK
Hydrographic Office, chart y64, shelf X.
A chart of Basses Strait between New South Wales and Van Dieman’s Land: surveyed by Lieut. Flinders of His Majesty’s Ship Reliance. By
order of his Excellency Governor Hunter. 1798-9. London Published June 16th 1800 by A. Arrowsmith No. 21 Rathbone Place. [First
state of chart.]
A Chart of Bass’s Strait between New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land: explored by Mattw. Flinders 2nd. Lieut. of His Majesty’s Ship
Reliance. By order of His Excellency Governor Hunter. 1798-9. London Published June 16th 1800 by A. Arrowsmith No. 21 Rathbone
Place. [Second, revised, state of chart.]
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of Different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802 Including Lieut. M Flinders’s. Track Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensn. Barrallier of the New S. W. Corps
Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King. Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Ly. Julian, for
instance]. This MS chart is stored in the UKHO with the following MS chart, but differs from it.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802, Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensign Barrallier of the New South
James Grant
“Lady Nelson”
voyage out
John Black
“Harbinger”
Wales Corps Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Lady
Julian Id., for instance]. See also the following published chart.
Chart of Bass’s Strait Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of the different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Septr. 1800 and 9th. March 1802;
Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798. London. Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty, and
to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Charing Cross, Jany. 1st. 1806. [Shows Lady Julien I., for instance.]
Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis…, G. & W. Nicol, London, 1814, vol. 3: Atlas: Plate VI: Chart of Terra Australis by M.
Flinders Commr. of H. M. Sloop Investigator. South Coast, Sheet V. 1798, 1802, & 3; Plate VII: Chart of Terra Australis by M. Flinders
1798-9. South Coast, Sheet VI.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of Different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802 Including Lieut. M Flinders’s. Track Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensn. Barrallier of the New S. W. Corps
Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King. Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Ly. Julian, for
instance]. This MS chart is stored in the UKHO with the following MS chart, but differs from it.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802, Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensign Barrallier of the New South
Wales Corps Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Lady
Julian Id., for instance]. See also the following published chart.
Chart of Bass’s Strait Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of the different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Septr. 1800 and 9th. March 1802;
Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798. London. Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty, and
to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Charing Cross, Jany. 1st. 1806. [Shows Lady Julien I., for instance.]
Matthew Flinders, Chart of the south coast of Terra Australis, Sheet No. 5, by M. Flinders - Commander of H. M. ship Investigator, 1802.
Capt. Baudin coasted this shore from Bass’s Strait westward. Lieut. Grant made the point which he named Cape Northumberland, and
coasted the shore eastward through the strait. Original [in copperplate], UK Hydrographic Office chart y50/2, shelf Xr.
Matthew Flinders, MS chart of ‘Sheet IV, South Coast’, Plate V, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y50/3, shelf Xr.
A Chart of Bass’s Straits with the tracks of the Harbinger, Captn. John Black, in Decr 1800 & Jany 1801 and the Margarett, Captn. John
Buyers, in Jany & Feby 1801 through the Straits in their passage toward Port Jackson, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y39, shelf X.
A Chart of Bass’s Straits with the Traks of the Harbinger Captn. John Black in Decr. 1800 & Jan. 1801 and the Margaret Captn. John Buyers
in Jany. & Feby. 1801 through the Straits in their passage toward Port Jackson.
A Chart Shewing the Track of the Harbinger, Ino Black Master through Bass’s Straits On her Passage from the Cape of Good Hope to Port
Jackson 1800-1801 The situation of Kents Group having been well ascertained by Lieut. Flinders it is taken for a fixed point and the other
shaded parts are laid down by dead reckoning deduced back from it The unshaded parts are laid down from Mr Flinders MSt Chart, UK
Hydrographic Office, chart y64, shelf X.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of Different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802 Including Lieut. M Flinders’s. Track Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensn. Barrallier of the New S. W. Corps
Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King. Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Ly. Julian, for
instance]. This MS chart is stored in the UKHO with the following MS chart, but differs from it.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802, Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensign Barrallier of the New South
Wales Corps Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Lady
John Buyers [Byers?]
“Margaret”
James Grant and
Francis Barrallier
“Lady Nelson”
Julian Id., for instance]. See also the following published chart.
Chart of Bass’s Strait Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of the different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Septr. 1800 and 9th. March 1802;
Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798. London. Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty, and
to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Charing Cross, Jany. 1st. 1806. [Shows Lady Julien I., for instance.]
A Chart of Bass’s Straits with the tracks of the Harbinger, Captn. John Black, in Decr 1800 & Jany 1801 and the Margarett, Captn. John
Buyers, in Jany & Feby 1801 through the Straits in their passage toward Port Jackson, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y39, shelf X.
A Chart of Bass’s Straits with the Traks of the Harbinger Captn. John Black in Decr. 1800 & Jan. 1801 and the Margaret Captn. John Buyers
in Jany. & Feby. 1801 through the Straits in their passage toward Port Jackson.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of Different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802 Including Lieut. M Flinders’s. Track Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensn. Barrallier of the New S. W. Corps
Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King. Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Ly. Julian, for
instance]. This MS chart is stored in the UKHO with the following MS chart, but differs from it.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802, Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensign Barrallier of the New South
Wales Corps Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Lady
Julian Id., for instance]. See also the following published chart.
Chart of Bass’s Strait Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of the different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Septr. 1800 and 9th. March 1802;
Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798. London. Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty, and
to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Charing Cross, Jany. 1st. 1806. [Shows Lady Julien I., for instance.]
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Western Port and the Connections of it with Wilson’s Promontory forming a part of the north side of Bass’s
Straits Surveyed by Ensign Barrallier by Order of Governor King in His Majesty’s Armed Surveying Vessel Lady Nelson Lieut Jas. Grant
Commander In March April & May 1801, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y63, shelf Xa.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Western Port and Coast to Wilson’s Promontory forming Part of the North Side of Bass’s Strait Surveyed by
order of Governor King by Ensign Barrallier In HM armed Survey Vessel Lady Nelson Lieut James Grant, Commander in March April &
May 1801, A. Dalrymple, Hydrographer to the Admiralty, Hydrographical Office, 1 March 1803.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of Different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802 Including Lieut. M Flinders’s. Track Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensn. Barrallier of the New S. W. Corps
Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King. Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Ly. Julian, for
instance]. This MS chart is stored in the UKHO with the following MS chart, but differs from it.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802, Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensign Barrallier of the New South
Wales Corps Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Lady
Julian Id., for instance]. See also the following published chart.
Chart of Bass’s Strait Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of the different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Septr. 1800 and 9th. March 1802;
Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798. London. Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty, and
to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Charing Cross, Jany. 1st. 1806. [Shows Lady Julien I., for instance.]
Chart of the N. and W. Parts of Bass’s Straits, discovered & sailed through in a Passage from England to Port Jackson: in December 1800,
in H. M. Armed Surveying Vessel, Lady Nelson, commanded by Lt. Jas. Grant, of the R. N. by Direction of His Grace the Duke of
John Murray
“Lady Nelson”
Nicolas Baudin
“Géographe”,
Emmanuel Hamelin
“Naturaliste”, and
Louis de Freycinet
“Casuarina”
– and their dinghies
Portland, in James Grant, The Narrative of a Voyage of Discovery, Performed in His Majesty’s Vessel The Lady Nelson, of Sixty Tons
Burthen, with Sliding Keels, in the Years 1800, 1801, and 1802, to New South Wales, T. Egerton, London, 1803.
Matthew Flinders, Chart of the south coast of Terra Australis, Sheet No. 6, by M. Flinders, Commr. of H. M. S. Investigator 1802 and 3 [What
follows the title is a long statement attributing credit for various pieces of information to numerous people, including Barralier [sic]. The
statement is dated March 16, 1811], UK Hydrographic Office, chart y48/10, shelf Xr.
John Murray, Correct Survey &cc. of Kents Groop By John Murray Commander etc. etc., UK Hydrographic Office, chart y70, shelf X.
John Murray, Chart of the Sound and Coves Lying between the East & West Islands of Kents Groupe at the Eastern Entrance of Bass’s
Straits Discovered and Sailed through by Lieut. Flinders In 1798 & Examined by Actg. Lieut. Jn. Murray In the Lady Nelson December
1801, UK Hydrographic Office, y60, shelf Australia folio 1.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of Different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802 Including Lieut. M Flinders’s. Track Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensn. Barrallier of the New S. W. Corps
Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King. Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Ly. Julian, for
instance]. This MS chart is stored in the UKHO with the following MS chart, but differs from it.
Francis Barrallier, Chart of Bass’s Straits Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Sepr. 1800 and 9th.
March 1802, Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798 Combined by Ensign Barrallier of the New South
Wales Corps Under the Direction of Capt. P. G. King Govr. of N. S. Wales, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y68, shelf X [shows Lady
Julian Id., for instance]. See also the following published chart.
Chart of Bass’s Strait Shewing the Tracks and Discoveries of the different Vessels &c. between the 28th. Septr. 1800 and 9th. March 1802;
Including Lieut. M. Flinders’s Track, Survey and Discoveries in 1798. London. Published by W. Faden, Geographer to His Majesty, and
to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Charing Cross, Jany. 1st. 1806. [Shows Lady Julien I., for instance.]
John Murray, Chart of Part of Bass’s Strait Including the discoveries Made by Actg. Lieutt. J. Murray, Commander of H. M. Ad. S. Vessel
Lady Nelson between Novr. 1801 and March 1802, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y40, shelf Xp.
John Murray, Plan of Port Phillip in Bass’s Strait Discovered & Partly Surveyed by Actg. Lieut. Jno. Murray in the Lady Nelson Jany. 1802,
UK Hydrographic Office, y58, shelf Australia folio 1.
Matthew Flinders, Chart of the south coast of Terra Australis, Sheet No. 6, by M. Flinders, Commr. of H. M. S. Investigator 1802 and 3 [What
follows the title is a long statement attributing credit for various pieces of information to numerous people, including Grimes, Barralier
[sic], Bass, Murray, Robbins, and Furneaux. The statement is dated March 16, 1811], UK Hydrographic Office, chart y48/10, shelf Xr.
MSS held in Archives Nationales, Paris, Ministry of Marine, Hydrographic Service, Marine Group, Series 6 JJ:
Sub-Series 4: dossiers 8, 10-14, 39, 40, 47-50; Sub-Series 5: dossiers 1, 6, 11, 15. [These MSS have been overlooked or ignored by
historians until very recent times.]
MSS held in Bibliothèque Nationale, Cabinet des Cartes et Plans, Service Hydrographique de la Marine, Portfolio 188:
Division 1, pièces 4-9, 11, 13-15; Division 3, pièce 8.
Matthew Flinders, Chart of the south coast of Terra Australis, Sheet No. 5, by M. Flinders - Commander of H. M. ship Investigator, 1802.
Capt. Baudin coasted this shore from Bass’s Strait westward. Lieut. Grant made the point which he named Cape Northumberland, and
coasted the shore eastward through the strait. Original [in copperplate], UK Hydrographic Office chart y50/2, shelf Xr.
Voyage de découvertes aux Terres Australes. Historique. Atlas Deuxième Partie Rédigée par Mr. L. Freycinet, Capitaine de Frégate,
Commandant le Casuarina pendant l’Expédition. Paris. 1811.
[This atlas is often referred to simply as Atlas (Historique), by Louis Freycinet, 1811. It contains 14 plates (of 26 charts, maps and sketch
maps, of which the following four items, for instance, concern Victorian waters:
No. 1. Carte générale de la Nouvelle-Hollande. Title of map is: Carte Générale de la Nouvelle Hollande Dressée Par M. L. Freycinet
Commandant la Goëllette le Casuarina An 1808. On top right-hand corner: No. 1. Along bottom edge: Gravé par P. A. F. Tardieu Place
de l’Estrapade No. 1. Ecrit par Lale et Giraldon. Shows Terre Napoléon extending from Cap des Adieux in the Australian Bight to the
spine of Wilson’s Promontory.
No. 2. Carte générale de la Terre Napoléon. Title of map is: Carte Générale de la Terre Napoléon (à la Nouvelle Hollande.) Rédigée
d’après les travaux exécutés à bord de la Corvette le Géographe et de la Goëlette le Casuarina, par M. L. Freycinet an 1808 On top righthand corner: No. 2. Along bottom edge: Gravé par P. A. F. Tardieu Place de l’Estrapade No. 1. Ecrit par Giraldon et Lale.
No. 6 [a]. Plan d’une partie de la Terre Napoléon. Title of map is: Plan d’une Partie de la Terre Napoléon (Nouvelle-Hollande) par M.
M. H. Freycinet et Bernier. an 1802. On top right-hand corner: No. 6. Shows the coast from C. Montesquieu (on Baie Descartes)
eastwards to C. du Mont-Tabor.
No. 11 [b]. Esquisse du Port Western. Title of sketch map is: Esquisse du Port Western (à la Terre Napoléon; Nle. Hollande) Par M. M.
Faure et Milius. an 1802. On top right-hand corner: No. 11.]
Voyage de Découvertes Aux Terres Australes Exécuté Par Ordre de S. M. L’Empereur et Roi Sur les Corvettes le Géographe, le Naturaliste et
la Goëllette le Casuarina, pendant les Années 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, & 1804. Publié par Décrèt Impérial sous le Ministère de son
Excellence le Vice-Amiral Comte Decrès, Grand Officier de l’Empire, Inspecteur Général des Côtes de la Méditérannée, Grand Aigle,
chef de la Xème. Cohorte de la Légion d’Honneur, ayant le Département de la Marine et des Colonies. Partie Navigation et Géographie
Rédigée Par Louis Freycinet. Capitaine de Frégate, Commandant le Casuarina pendant l’Expédition. Atlas. A Paris, 1812. Ecrit par L.
Freycinet Gravé par Lale et Giraldon.
[This large atlas of charts and maps is often referred to simply as Atlas (Navigation et Géographie) by Louis Freycinet, 1812; note that
this atlas was actually issued in 1814. It contains 32 plates (of 67 maps and charts, including insets), of which the following five items
concern Victoria:
No. 1. Carte générale de la Nouvelle Hollande, et d’une partie des îles qui l’avoisinent. Title of map is: Carte Générale de la
Nouvelle Hollande Dressée Par M. L. Freycinet Commandant la Goëllette le Casuarina An 1808. On top right-hand corner: HYD.
o
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FR. N . 627. No. 1. Along bottom edge: Gravé par P. A. F. Tardieu, Place de l’Estrapade N . 1. Ecrit par Lale et Giraldon. PRIX
F
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1 . 50 . Shows Terre Napoléon extending from Cap des Adieux in the Australian Bight to the spine of Wilson’s Promontory.
No. 6. Carte générale du Détroit de Bass. Title of chart is: Carte Générale du Détroit de Bass Dressée par L. Freycinet
Commandant le Goëlette le Casuarina années 1802 & 1803. On top right-hand corner: No. 6 [sic]. Along bottom edge: PRIX Trois
Francs. An important chart, with two small inset charts after M. Flinders. The main chart shows the routes of the Géographe and
Naturaliste in 1802 and 1803, together with the route of the canots of the Naturaliste from Wilson’s Promontory westwards up to
and including Port Western in 1802.
No. 10. Carte générale de la Terre Napoléon. Title of map is: Carte Générale de la Terre Napoléon (à la Nouvelle Hollande.)
Rédigée d’après les travaux exécutés à bord de la Corvette le Géographe et de la Goëlette le Casuarina, par M. L. Freycinet an
1808 On top right-hand corner: HYD. FR. No. 636. No. 10. Along bottom edge: Gravé par P. A. F. Tardieu, Place de l’Estrapade
No. 1. Ecrit par Giraldon et Lale. PRIX. 1F. 50C.
No. 11. Carte de la Terre Napoléon. (1re. feuille.) Title of map is: Carte d’une Partie De La Terre Napoléon (à la Nouvelle
Hollande.) (1ere. Feuille.) Dressée Par M. Boullanger Ingénieur Hydrographe, d’après ses observations, celles de M. Faure
Ingénieur Géographe, sur le Naturaliste et de Mrs. H. Freycinet offer. de marine & Bernier Astronome sur la Corvette le Géographe.
Matthew Flinders
“Investigator”
Charles Robbins
“Cumberland”
Mars, Avril et Décembre 1802. Bouclet Sculpt. On top right-hand corner: HYD. FR. No. 637. No. 11. Along bottom edge: PRIX 1F.
50C.
No. 12. Esquisse du Port Western. Title of sketch map is: Esquisse du Port Western Par Mr. Faure, Ingénieur-Géographe, d’après
ses opérations & celles de Mr. Milius offer. de Marine. (Avril 1802.) Bouclet Sculpt. On top right-hand corner: HYD. FR. No. 638. No.
12. Along bottom edge: PRIX 0F. 75C. In the top left-hand corner there is an inset containing: Plans Comparatifs. Esquisse du Port
Western par Mr. Bass tirée de la Carte de Capne. Flinders Levée en 1799 and Esquisse du Port Western tirée d’une Carte
manuscrite Dressée sur le Navire Anglais the Arniston en 1804.
Christine Cornell (tr.), The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin Commander-in-Chief of the Corvettes Géographe and Naturaliste,
Assigned by Order of the Government to a Voyage of Discovery, Libraries Board of South Australia, Adelaide, 1974.
Gregory C. Eccleston, ‘The Neglect of Baudin’s Manuscript Charts of the Victorian Coastline’, The Globe 66, 2010, pp. 27-58.
Matthew Flinders, Sketch of PORT PHILLIP by M. Flinders 1802 — The Sketch has been completed from the Survey made of Port Phillip by C.
Grimes Esqr. Deputy Surveyor-gen. of N. S. Wales: etc. etc., UK Hydrographic Office, one of three charts [the others being of Port
Dalrymple] in y49/9, shelf Xr.
Matthew Flinders, Sketch of Port Phillip, by M. Flinders. 1802 — The Sketch has been completed from the survey made of Port Phillip by C.
Grimes Esq. Deputy Surveyor-gen. of N. S. Wales, etc. etc., UK Hydrographic Office, one of four charts [the others being of inlets and
bays on the South Australian coastline] in y54/1, shelf Xr.
Matthew Flinders, MS chart [no title] from Cape Northumberland, Mt Schanck (flat-topped) and Mt Gambier (peaked) eastwards to Cape
Otway – the eastern section being continued along the bottom of the chart. Much of the coastline is shown dashed due to its being seen
imperfectly, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y50/4, shelf Xr.
Matthew Flinders, MS chart [no title] from Cape Otway eastwards to beyond Cape Paterson, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y50/1, shelf Xr.
Matthew Flinders, Chart of the south coast of Terra Australis, Sheet No. 5, by M. Flinders - Commander of H. M. ship Investigator, 1802.
Capt. Baudin coasted this shore from Bass’s Strait westward. Lieut. Grant made the point which he named Cape Northumberland, and
coasted the shore eastward through the strait. Original [in copperplate], UK Hydrographic Office chart y50/2, shelf Xr.
Matthew Flinders, MS chart of ‘Sheet IV, South Coast’, Plate V, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y50/3, shelf Xr.
Matthew Flinders, Chart of Terra Australis by M. Flinders … Sheet V. South Coast …, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y48/9, shelf Xr.
Matthew Flinders, MS chart [no title] from Cape Liptrap and Wilson’s Promontory and Corner Inlet south eastwards to Kent Group and
northern portion of Flinders Island, UK Hydrographic Office, chart y49/2, shelf Xr.
Matthew Flinders, Chart of the south coast of Terra Australis, Sheet No. 6, by M. Flinders, Commr. of H. M. S. Investigator 1802 and 3 [What
follows the title is a long statement attributing credit for various pieces of information to numerous people, including Grimes, Barralier
[sic], Bass, Murray, Robbins, and Furneaux. The statement is dated March 16, 1811], UK Hydrographic Office, chart y48/10, shelf Xr.
Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis…, G. & W. Nicol, London, 1814, vol. 3: Atlas: Plate V: Chart of Terra Australis by M.
Flinders Commr. of H. M. Sloop Investigator. South Coast, Sheet IV. 1802; Plate VI: Chart of Terra Australis by M. Flinders Commr. of
H. M. Sloop Investigator. South Coast, Sheet V. 1798, 1802, & 3
Governor King to Charles Robbins 22 November 1802, HRNSW 4, pp. 908-910.
[Chart] Charles Grimes, Port Phillip The Timber round the banks of this Port is very low and bad. The different kinds are Blue gum,
Banksia, Oak, & Mimosa of sorts. High Water full & change, at the Heads at 2 O’Clock. The soundings by Mr. Robbins. The quality of
the soil by Jas. Flemming. Tides rise irregular from 3 to 6 feet. surveyed by C Grimes Actg Surveyor Gl. N. So. Wales, 1803. Dixson
Map Collection Z/Ca 80/3.
[Manuscript] Charles Grimes, Field Book No. 18, entitled General Observations, Port Phillip1802 & 1803, State Records New South Wales
SZ81. [A 25-paged negative photostat copy entitled Diary, 1803 of part of Charles Grimes’ journal of his visit to King Island and Port
Phillip Bay between 8th December, 1802 and 27th February, 1803 was made c. 1934 and is kept at the SLV. A hand-written note dated
9th May, 1934, is included with the copy, noting that there are two pages unnumbered between pp. 13 and 14, being missed in the
pagination of the original.]
Matthew Flinders, A Voyage to Terra Australis; undertaken for the purpose of completing the discovery of that vast country, and prosecuted
in the years 1801, 1802, and 1803, in His Majesty’s Ship the Investigator, and subsequently in the armed vessel Porpoise and Cumberland
Schooner. With an Account of the Shipwreck of the Porpoise, arrival of the Cumberland at Mauritius, and imprisonment of the
Commander during six years and a half in that island, G. & W. Nicol, London, 1814, vol. 1, chapter IX, pp. 218-20; - together with Atlas:
Plate VI: Chart of Terra Australis by M. Flinders Commr. of H. M. Sloop Investigator. South Coast, Sheet V. 1798, 1802, & 3. [Covers
coastline from Cape Otway to Barmouth Creek N.S.W., together with four insets, of which one is an enlargement of the coastline from
west of Port Phillip to east of Western Port.]
[Parliamentary Paper No. C 15] John J. Shillinglaw (compiler), Port Phillip, First Survey and Settlement of: Copies of certain recently
discovered historical records respecting the first Survey and subsequent Settlement of Port Phillip Heads, formed under LieutenantGovernor Collins in 1803, John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1878; 80 foolscap pp., 775 copies. [Includes the journal of
James Fleming. Also includes a facsimile of Grimes’ chart: Charles Grimes, Port Phillip The Timber round the banks of this Port is very
low and bad. The different kinds are Blue gum, Banksia, Oak, & Mimosa of sorts. High Water full & change, at the Heads at 2 O’Clock.
The soundings by Mr. Robbins. The quality of the soil by Jas. Flemming. Tides rise irregular from 3 to 6 feet. surveyed by C Grimes Actg
Surveyor Gl. N. So. Wales, 1803. Lithographed at the Department of Lands and Survey Melbourne by T. Slater 14 2 [18]79.]
[book] John J. Shillinglaw F.R.G.S. (ed.), Historical Records of Port Phillip: The First Annals of the Colony of Victoria, John Ferres,
Government Printer, Melbourne, 1879; 8vo, 142 pp. [Frontispiece shows the schooner Cumberland entering Port Phillip Heads. Contains
four portraits and a facsimile chart of the survey of Port Phillip by Charles Grimes.]
[book] C. E. Sayers (ed.), John J. Shillinglaw (ed.), Historical Records of Port Phillip: The First Annals of the Colony of Victoria, John
Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1879, Heinemann, Melbourne, 1972. [Includes ‘A Journal of the Explorations of Charles
Grimes, Acting Surveyor-General of New South Wales. Kept by James Flemming [sic, Fleming]’, on pp. 12-39.]
J M Powell and J S Duncan, ‘History’, in Atlas of Victoria, VGPO, 1982, pp. 74-5.
John Currey (ed.), James Fleming, A Journal of Grimes’ Survey: The Cumberland in Port Phillip January – February 1803, Banks Society
Publications, Malvern [Vic.], 2002. [Contains Fleming’s journal for the period 20th January to 27th February 1803, and an 1897 version
of Grimes’ chart where his annotations have been replaced by a more legible script. An almost correct extract from Grimes’ Field Book
No. 18: ‘General Observations, Port Phillip 1802 & 1803’, being his journal from 20th January to 22nd February 1803, is given as an
Appendix.]
Elynor Frances Olijnyk, Charles Robbins RN 1782-1805: His Place in Maritime History, Photographic Art Gallery, Adelaide, 2004.