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Percy Isles and Cumberland Islands28 September 1802 - 19 October 1802

The expeditioners survey the Percy Isles and Cumberland Islands in the Great Barrier Reef. The Lady Nelson runs into trouble navigating a series of small reefs, causing both vessels to lose an anchor. With the monsoon season approaching, Flinders declares the brig a liability and sends her back to the colony. Nanbaree quits the expedition and hitches a ride back to Port Jackson.

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  • Portrait of an Aboriginal boy named Nanbree [Nanbaree]
    Artist Thomas Watling
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—Watling Drawing 34, 7787

  • Rickety bush (male)—Cycas media
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—Australian Botanical Drawings 157, 10638

  • Lady Nelson, ca. 1800
    Artist [J or L?] Baker
    Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales—a128446

  • Grey-headed flying fox— Pteropus poliocephalus
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien—Sydney April 27th 1803, AfW-FLB0328