The Furneaux Group is a group of approximately 100 islands located at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. The islands were named after British navigator Tobias Furneaux, who sighted the eastern side of these islands after leaving Adventure Bay in 1773 on his way to New Zealand to rejoin Captain James Cook.[1] Navigator Matthew Flinders was the first European to explore the Furneaux Islands group, in the Francis in 1798, and later that year in the Norfolk.[2]
The largest islands in the group are Flinders Island, Cape Barren Island, and Clarke Island. The group contains five settlements: Killiecrankie, Emita, Lady Barron, Cape Barren Island, and Whitemark on Flinders Island, which serves as the administrative centre of the Flinders Council. There are also some small farming properties on the remote islands.
After seals were discovered there in 1798, the Furneaux Group of islands became the most intensively exploited sealing ground in Bass Strait.[3] A total of 29 islands in the Furneaux Group have been found to have some tangible link with sealing in the 19th century.[4]
The Aboriginal matriarch, Dolly Dalrymple, was born on the Furneaux Islands. Her mother was one of two Aboriginal women who had been kidnapped from northern Tasmania by the sealer George Briggs.[5]
King Island, at the western end of Bass Strait, is not a part of the group.
The islands contain granite from the Devonian period, as well as unconsolidated limestone and sand from Cenozoic periods. During the last ice age, a land bridge joined Tasmania to the Australian mainland through this group of islands.
^Cumpston, J. S. (1973). First visitors to Bass Strait. Canberra: Roebuck Society. ISBN0-9500858-8-X.
^Flinders, Matthew (1801). Observations on the coasts of Van Diemen's, Land on Bass's Strait and its islands, and on part of the coasts of New South Wales; intended to accompany the charts of the late discoveries in those countries.
^Kostoglou, Parry (1996). Sealing in Tasmania historical research project (First ed.). Hobart: Parks and Wildlife Service. pp. 90–1.
^McFarlane, Ian (2005). Dalrymple, Dolly (c. 1808 - 1864). p. 94. {{cite book}}: |work= ignored (help)
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Shipwrecks in the Furneaux Islands
November 07, 2023
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Not to be confused with Fornax Cluster The Furneaux Group is a group of approximately 100 islands located at the eastern end of Bass Strait between Victoria and Tasmania Australia The islands were named after British navigator Tobias Furneaux who sighted the eastern side of these islands after leaving Adventure Bay in 1773 on his way to New Zealand to rejoin Captain James Cook 1 Navigator Matthew Flinders was the first European to explore the Furneaux Islands group in the Francis in 1798 and later that year in the Norfolk 2 Furneaux GroupFurneaux GroupEtymologyTobias FurneauxGeographyLocationBass StraitCoordinates40 06 54 S 148 06 54 E 40 11500 S 148 11500 E 40 11500 148 11500Total islandsapprox 100Major islandsFlinders Island Cape Barren Island and Clarke IslandArea2 010 3 km2 776 2 sq mi AdministrationAustraliaStateTasmaniaLocal governmentFlinders CouncilDemographicsPopulation795Map all coordinates using OpenStreetMapDownload coordinates as KML GPX all coordinates GPX primary coordinates GPX secondary coordinates The largest islands in the group are Flinders Island Cape Barren Island and Clarke Island The group contains five settlements Killiecrankie Emita Lady Barron Cape Barren Island and Whitemark on Flinders Island which serves as the administrative centre of the Flinders Council There are also some small farming properties on the remote islands After seals were discovered there in 1798 the Furneaux Group of islands became the most intensively exploited sealing ground in Bass Strait 3 A total of 29 islands in the Furneaux Group have been found to have some tangible link with sealing in the 19th century 4 The Aboriginal matriarch Dolly Dalrymple was born on the Furneaux Islands Her mother was one of two Aboriginal women who had been kidnapped from northern Tasmania by the sealer George Briggs 5 King Island at the western end of Bass Strait is not a part of the group Contents 1 Administration 2 Islands in the Group 3 Geology 4 See also 5 References 6 External linksAdministration editIslands in the Group editIsland Capital Other cities Area Populationkm2 sq miFurneaux Group Whitemark Lady Barron The Corner Emita Killiecrankie 2 010 3 776 2 795Babel Island Group 5 01 1 93 0Babel Island 4 4 1 7 0Cat Island 0 39 0 15 0Fifty Foot Rock 0 02 0 0077 0Other 0 0 0Storehouse Island 0 2 0 077 0Badger Island Group Badger Island Mount Chappell Island 18 15 7 01 3Badger Island South East Point 13 5 5 2 1Goose Island 1 09 0 42 0Inner Little Goose Island 0 045 0 017 0Little Badger Island 0 025 0 0097 0Little Goose Island 0 036 0 014 0Mount Chappell Island 3 45 1 33 2Other Beagle Island North West Mount Chappell Islet 0 004 0 0015 0Bass Pyramid Bass Pyramid 0 025 0 0097 0Big Green Island Group Big Green Island East Kangaroo Island 4 1 1 6 6Big Green Island 1 57 0 61 4Chalky Island 0 41 0 16 0East Kangaroo Island 1 57 0 61 2Isabella Island 0 14 0 054 0Little Chalky Island 0 05 0 019 0Mile Island 0 04 0 015 0Other 0 14 0 054 0Cape Barren Island The Corner 478 4 184 7 67Clarke Island 82 32 1Craggy Island Craggy Island 0 389 0 150 0Flinders Island Whitemark Lady Barron 1 367 528 700Franklin Sound Islands Important Bird Area Great Dog Tin Kettle 21 362 8 248 14Anderson Island 1 66 0 64 0Boxen Island 0 13 0 050 0Briggs Islet 0 034 0 013 0Doughboy Island 0 17 0 066 0Great Dog Island Great Dog Island 3 75 1 45 10Lady Barron Island 0 01 0 0039 0Little Anderson Island 0 13 0 050 0Little Dog Island Little Dog Island 0 83 0 32 0Little Green Island 0 87 0 34 0Long Island 3 13 1 21 0Neds Reef 0 04 0 015 0Other Spences Islands Big Black Reef GVH Rock Mid Woody Islet Ram Apple Orchard Point Billy Goat Reefs Fisher Island Samphire Island 0 253 0 098 0Oyster Rocks East Oyster West Oyster 0 07 0 027 0Pelican Island 0 07 0 027 0Puncheon Island Puncheon Island 0 185 0 071 1Tin Kettle Island Tin Kettle 1 86 0 72 2Vansittart Island Bates Bay House Bay 8 17 3 15 1Inner Sister Island 7 48 2 89 0Other Little Island Shag Rock 0 0 0Outer Sister Island Outer Sister Island 5 45 2 10 0Pasco Island Group Roydon Island 1 1 0 42 0Marriott Reef 0 034 0 013 0Middle Pasco Islands 0 084 0 032 0North Pasco Island 0 28 0 11 0Other 0 122 0 047 0Roydon Island 0 37 0 14 0South Pasco Island 0 21 0 081 0Passage Island Group Passage Island 4 47 1 73 2Forsyth Island 1 67 0 64 0Gull Island 0 085 0 033 0Low Islets 0 02 0 0077 0Moriarty Rocks 0 025 0 0097 0Other Battery Island 0 017 0 0066 0Passage Island Passage Island 2 53 0 98 2Spike Island Spike Island Little Spike Island 0 123 0 047 0Preservation Island Group Preservation Island 2 37 0 92 2Key Island 0 06 0 023 0Night Island 0 026 0 010 0Other 0 007 0 0027 0Preservation Island Preservation Island Horseshoe Bay 2 08 0 80 2Rum Island 0 197 0 076 0Prime Seal Island Group Prime Seal Island 12 8 4 9 0Bird Island 0 015 0 0058 0Low Islets South Low Middle Low North Low 0 35 0 14 0Other 0 075 0 029 0Prime Seal Island Peacock Bay South Bay 12 2 4 7 0Wybalenna Island 0 16 0 062 0Sentinel Island 0 1 0 039 0Wright Rock 0 094 0 036 0Furneaux Group Whitemark Lady Barron The Corner Emita Killiecrankie 2 010 3 776 2 795Geology editThe islands contain granite from the Devonian period as well as unconsolidated limestone and sand from Cenozoic periods During the last ice age a land bridge joined Tasmania to the Australian mainland through this group of islands See also edit nbsp Australia portal nbsp Islands portalFurneaux bioregion Engaeus martigener List of islands of TasmaniaReferences edit Cumpston J S 1973 First visitors to Bass Strait Canberra Roebuck Society ISBN 0 9500858 8 X Flinders Matthew 1801 Observations on the coasts of Van Diemen s Land on Bass s Strait and its islands and on part of the coasts of New South Wales intended to accompany the charts of the late discoveries in those countries Kostoglou Parry 1996 Sealing in Tasmania historical research project First ed Hobart Parks and Wildlife Service pp 90 1 Kostoglou p 91 McFarlane Ian 2005 Dalrymple Dolly c 1808 1864 p 94 a href 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