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Issue Details: First known date: 1937... 1937 Bass and Flinders Put Their Imprint on the Map : Stirring Adventures in the 'Tom Thumb'
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This article, the fourth in a series on Australian pioneers and explorers, tells of how George Bass became the sailor surgeon on the Reliance and of how he met Matthew Flinders. The two men, with Govenor Hunter's permission, set out in a whale-boat to discover the termination of the Blue Mountains so they could gain access to the interior of the country. Bass later discovered the straits and then circumnavigated 'Van Diemen's' (sic) land.

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  • Includes portraits

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    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 8 April 1937 Z1702890 1937 newspaper issue 1937 pg. 3,36
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3,36 http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article23587407 Bass and Flinders Put Their Imprint on the Map : Stirring Adventures in the 'Tom Thumb'small AustLit logo The Queenslander
Subjects:
  • Tasmania,
  • 1763-1803
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