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Captain Reed is the first known European to discover King Island in 1799 while hunting seals in the schooner Martha. Matthew Flinders’ first map of "Van Diemen's Land" and "Basses Strait", [6] which was sent to England (before Flinders had left) and was published in June 1800, did not show King Island. However, before Flinders left Sydney for ...
Michael John Flannigan (13 August 1862 – 21 April 1901) was the first District Surveyor of King Island (Tasmania), Australia. His work was singled out for praise by the Surveyor-General, Albert Edward Counsel, [ 1 ] at a time when professional standards for land surveyors were newly defined and often disregarded by practitioners.
The name derives from the 52-ton schooner Martha Lavinia, wrecked on a reef offshore in 1871 near what is the site of the state reserve while carrying a cargo of potatoes from Tasmania to Adelaide, which gave its name to several features along the north-eastern King Island coast.
Currie is a rural residential locality in the local government area (LGA) of King Island in the North-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The 2021 census recorded a population of 659. It is the largest township on, and is the administrative centre of, King Island, at the western entrance to Bass Strait.
Surprise Bay is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of King Island in the north-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. The locality is about 28 kilometres (17 mi) south of the town of Currie. The 2016 census recorded a population of nil for the state suburb of Surprise Bay. [1]
Grassy is a rural locality in the local government area (LGA) of King Island in the north-west and west LGA region of Tasmania. It is about 25 kilometres (16 mi) south-east of the town of Currie. The 2016 census recorded a population of 139 for the state suburb of Grassy. [1] It was a tungsten mining town. Evidence of this can still be found in ...
Naracoopa is a rural locality and village in the local government area of King Island on King Island in Bass Strait, north of Tasmania.It is located about 26 kilometres (16 mi) east of the town of Currie, the administrative centre for the island.
Pegarah is a rural locality in the local government area of King Island on King Island in Bass Strait, north of Tasmania.It is located about 24 kilometres (15 mi) east of the town of Currie, the administrative centre for the island.