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WHALE & DOLPHIN
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Information Sheet available if you would like to
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A sample of the
information and subjects covered in this
fact sheet is as follows ...
The South West
Coast of New Holland
Claimed by George Vancouver aboard the
vessel "Discovery" on 29th September 1791
(Michaelmas Day) en route to Canada.
Vancouver named King George Sound (KGS),
which covers an area of about 100 square km.
Sound being a Middle English word - deep
inlet from the sea. Also naming Princess
Royal Harbour after Princess Charlotte
Augustus Matilda whose birthday fell on Sept
29th, a further 12 sites were named
including Oyster Harbour, Michaelmas and
Breaksea Islands in the months Vancouver
stayed in the area. Vancouver claimed the
west of New Holland for the British Empire
at age 34, but died just short of his 41st
birthday in 1798 after his return to
England. His voyage had taken over 4 years
to complete.
Captain George
Vancouver
Vancouver sailed under Captain James Cook as
midshipman for seven years. Fought
hand-to-hand for his own life in the ship's
battle, in shallows off the beach in Hawaii
on that fateful Friday, February 13th 1779.
Cook was caught ashore the next day by a
maddened mob, slaughtered and dismembered.
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