| Kent Group National Park | |
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| IUCN Category II (National Park) | |
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| Nearest town/city: | Launceston |
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| Area: | 165 km² |
| Visitation: | 25,000 (in 1998) |
| Managing authorities: | Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service |
| Official site: | Kent Group National Park |
The Kent Group of Islands ([1]) lies in Bass Strait, Australia, north-west of the Furneaux Group. A national park is a reserve of land usually declared and owned by a national Government, protected from most Human development and pollution Launceston ( (short first vowel /ˈlɔːnsəstən/ is often incorrectly heard in other parts of Australia is a city in the north of the state of Tasmania, Australia Year 1998 ( MCMXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link will display full 1998 Gregorian calendar) Bass Strait (bæs is a sea Strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland ( Victoria in particular For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics. The Furneaux Group is a group of 52 islands at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. They form the Kent Group National Park. [2]
The islands were named Kent's Group by Matthew Flinders, "in honour of my friend captain William Kent, then commander of the Supply" when Flinders passed them on 7 February 1798 in the Francis (on her way to salvage the Sydney Cove). Captain Matthew Flinders, RN (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814 was one of the most successful navigators and cartographers of his age The third HMS Supply was a Royal Navy armed tender launched in 1759 which played an important part in the foundation of Australia. Events 457 - Leo I becomes emperor of the Byzantine Empire. 1074 - Battle of Montesarchio in which the Prince Year 1798 ( MDCCXCVIII) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Sydney Cove was a sailing ship wrecked in 1797 on Preservation Island off Tasmania while on her way from Calcutta to Port Jackson. [3] The largest island in the group is Deal Island; the others, in order of descending size, are Erith Island, Dover Island, North East Isle, South West Isle and Judgement Rocks. Deal Island is a Granite island with an area of 157675 ha, in south-eastern Australia. Erith Island is a Granite island with an area of 323 ha, in south-eastern Australia. Dover Island is a densely vegetated Granite island with steep slopes and an area of 295 ha, in south-eastern Australia. North East Isle is a Granite island with an area of 3262 ha and a high point of 125 m, in south-eastern Australia. Judgement Rocks is a small Granite island (and some associated bare rocks with an area of 0
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Shipwrecks
Murray Pass between Deal and Erith Islands has long been used by ships to shelter from gales in Bass Strait, but it is a dangerous, partly open, roadstead, and many ships have been wrecked after sudden changes in wind direction and speed. Others have hit the island either while attempting to shelter or through poor navigation in darkness or bad weather, several with heavy loss of life. They include:[4]
- 1816, Brothers, schooner, 40 tons, Captain William Hovell, one life lost. The Brothers was a 40 ton Schooner wrecked in Bass Strait, Tasmania in 1816 A schooner (ˈskuːnɚ is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts Schooners were first used by the William Hilton Hovell ( 26 April 1786 – 9 November 1875) was an English explorer of Australia.
- 1819, Daphne, brig, 151 tons, Captain John Howard, no lives lost. In nautical terms, a brig is a vessel with two square-rigged masts
- 1819, John Palmer, schooner, 37 tons, Captain Bastian, two lives lost (one ex Daphne)
- 1831, Ionia, snow, 226 tons, Captain Buck. A schooner (ˈskuːnɚ is a type of sailing vessel characterized by the use of fore-and-aft sails on two or more masts Schooners were first used by the In nautical terms, a brig is a vessel with two square-rigged masts ?Three lives lost.
- 1850, Ida, schooner, 50 tons, no loss of life.
- 1851, White Squall, schooner, 104 tons, Captain Chattock, no loss of life.
- 1852, Dorset, brig, 82 tons, Captain Birdwood, no loss of life.
- 1852, Mary, brig, 308 tons, no loss of life.
- 1855, Elizabeth Mason, schooner, 79 tons, Captain McIntyre, no loss of life.
- 1856, Kendall, schooner, 157 tons, Captain Read, no lives lost.
- 1862, Reindeer, schooner, 104 tons, Captain Morris, all hands (about 8) lost.
- 1863, General Jessup, barque, 193 tons, Captain Hodge, no loss of life. A barque, barc, or bark is a type of sailing vessel History of the term The word barc appears to have come from Celtic languages
- 1866, Boscarne, schooner, 63 tons, Captain Black, no loss of life.
- 1875, Essie Black, barque, 281 tons, Captain Sivier, all hands (about 10) lost.
- 1877, Bulli, iron steamship, 524 tons, Captain Randell, no loss of life (a popular dive wreck). A steamboat or steamship, sometimes called a steamer, is a ship in which the primary method of propulsion is steam power, typically driving a Propeller
- 1921, Karitane, steel steamship, 1376 tons, Captain Spain, no loss of life.
- 1930, Ida N, new fishing boat, 25 tons, Captain Busk, no lives lost.
- 1961, St Nicholas, newly completed fish carrier, 45 tons, no loss of life.
References
- ^ Kent Group. Gazetteer of Australia online. The Gazetteer of Australia is a register of the location and spelling of geographical names across Australia. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government. Geoscience Australia is an agency of the Australian federal government.
- ^ Kent Group National Park page at the Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service
- ^ A Voyage to Terra Australis by Matthew Flinders, available at Project Gutenberg. Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service is the Tasmanian Government body responsible for the care and administration of Tasmania's National Parks and wildlife Project Gutenberg, abbreviated as PG, is a volunteer effort to Digitize, archive and distribute Cultural works
- ^ Broxam & Nash, Tasmanian Shipwrecks, Volumes 1 and 2, Navarine Publishing, Canberra, 1998 and 2000, ISBN 0-9586561-5-0 and ISBN 0-9586561-6-9
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