[The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson by Ida Lee]@TWC D-Link bookThe Logbooks of the Lady Nelson CHAPTER 14 4/12
See Historical Records of New South Wales volume 4 page 761.) (CHART OF KING'S ISLAND IN BASS'S STRAIT.
This earliest chart of King Island was drawn by Alexander Dalrymple from a sketch made by Flinders of Murray's original chart.
Flinders added to it the west coast unseen by Murray, though it had been sighted by both Black and Buyers.
The details given by Flinders were supplied by William Campbell, master of the Harrington, who, in March 1802, found a quantity of wreckage there. Nothing remained to show the name of the lost vessel, nor was any clue subsequently discovered by which she could be identified.
The Harrington lay at anchor at New Year's Isles for over two months, but could not trace the nationality of the vessel or her crew except in the language of the Harrington's captain, "one dead English cat." See Historical Records of New South Wales volume 4 page 780.) 6.
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