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King George Sound8 December 1801 - 5 January 1802

The expeditioners strike up friendly relations with an Aboriginal group who often visit the tent camp. For their entertainment, one morning Flinders exercises the Marines in full dress, complete with a noisy sounding of the drum, fife and muskets.

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  • View from the south side—King George's Sound
    Artists William Westall and J Byrne
    Views of Australian Scenery, London: G & W Nicol, 1814
    History Trust of South Australia – State History Collection, HT 2014.0601

  • Winged wattle—Acacia alata
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—Australian Botanical Drawings, 6959

  • Spinytail or Brown’s leatherjacket—Bigener brownii
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—993679902081_034, Plate 30

  • Weedy or common seadragon— Phyllopteryx taeniolatus
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—993679902081_048, Plate 38