European Exploration of Australia - Later Exploration By Sea

Later Exploration By Sea

The charting of Australia's coast continued well into the 19th century. Matthew Flinders was one of the most important explorers of this period, and was the first to circumnavigate the continent.

When Who Ship(s) Where
1773 Tobias Furneaux Adventure South and east coasts of Tasmania
1776 James Cook Resolution Southern Tasmania
1788 Jean de La Pérouse Astrolabe and Boussole encountered First Fleet in Botany Bay
1796 Matthew Flinders Tom Thumb Coastline around Sydney
1798 Matthew Flinders and George Bass Norfolk Circumnavigated Tasmania
1801–1802 Nicolas Baudin, accompanied by Thomas Vasse and numerous naturalists (see below) Le Géographe and Le Naturaliste The first to explore Western coast; met Flinders at Encounter Bay
1801 John Murray Lady Nelson Bass Strait; discovery of Port Phillip
1802 Matthew Flinders Investigator Circumnavigation of Australia
1817 King expedition of 1817 – Phillip Parker King accompanied by Frederick Bedwell Mermaid Circumnavigation of Australia; charting of the north-western coasts

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