Use this map to explore the notes and illustrations Flinders' artists & scientists made on their voyage.

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Lucky Bay and Recherche Archipelago9 January 1802 - 17 January 1802

In Lucky Bay, some men partake of a toxic fruit resembling green walnuts. They spend the next day feeling the ill effects. While exploring the Recherche Archipelago they discover a pink salt lake on Middle Island.

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  • Showy banksia—Banksia speciosa
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—Australian Botanical Drawings 140, 11007

  • Bushy yate—Eucalyptus lehmannii
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—Australian Botanical Drawings 55, 11721

  • Brush-tailed rock-wallaby— Petrogale penicillata
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Trustees of the Natural History Museum, London—993679902081_013, Plate 11

  • Lucky Bay
    Artist William Westall
    National Library of Australia— 138875671