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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 ...
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.
King Island, Kings Island or King's Island may refer to: Australia. King Island (Queensland) King Island, at Wellington Point, Queensland; King Island (Tasmania)
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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]
King is an interim Australian bioregion which includes King Island, the Hunter Islands, Robbins Island, and the north-western tip of Tasmania. The bioregion covers 425,567 hectares (1,051,600 acres). The bioregion covers 425,567 hectares (1,051,600 acres).
King Island (Tas), 1,091 square kilometres (421 sq mi); and Mornington Island (Qld), 1,002 square kilometres (387 sq mi). Apart from the state of Tasmania (with a population of 570,000), the largest islands by population are those connected to major urban areas on the mainland by bridge, including Bribie Island near Brisbane with a population ...
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 ...