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Kangaroo Island and Encounter Bay21 March 1802 - 9 April 1802

Off the south coast of the continent they discover a body of land where kangaroos and seals dwell together. A sailor is bitten badly on the leg when he attacks a seal. Continuing east they chance upon the French expeditioner Baudin and his crew in Encounter Bay. In the name of science, the two parties raise the flag of truce and share information. Mr Brown acts as interpreter.

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  • Kangaroo Island kangaroo — Macropus fuliginosus fuliginosus
    Artist Ferdinand L Bauer
    Naturhistorisches Museum, Wien—No. XIII South Coast 1802, AfW-FLB0004

  • Portrait of Commandant en Chef Nicolas Baudin
    Artist Nicolas-Martin Petit
    Mitchell Library, State Library of New South Wales—9640858

  • Views on the south coast of Australia
    Artist William Westall
    National Library of Australia—138893049

  • View on the north side of Kanguroo [i.e. Kangaroo] Island
    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

  • Calm at the Equator—the Géographe and the Naturaliste beneath the Equatorial Line
    Artist Charles-Alexandre Lesueur
    Muséum d’histoire naturelle, Le Havre—no. 13 037R