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TAS Huonville Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux discovered the Huon River which flows through Huonville. Name origin: After Captain Huon de Kermadec, second in command to the French Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux who explored much of the area south of Hobart in 1792. Huonville is the commercial centre of the Huon Valley fruit­growing district where crops include apples, pears and other small fruits and where many farmers now combinedairy cattle with their orchards. www.allsydney.com /tas/Huonvill.htm   (300 words)

Bruni d'Entrecasteaux Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni D'Entrecasteaux (1739–1793) was a French navigator who explored the Australian coast in 1792 while seeking traces of the lost expedition of La Pérouse. Kermadec had died of phthisis in Balade harbour, and on 21st July 1793, d'Entrecasteaux himself died of scurvy, off the Hermits. Port Esperance, the Huon River, and other features were discovered, named, and charted, the admiral's names being given to the channel (D'Entrecasteaux Channel) and the large island (Bruny Island) separated by it from the mainland. www.abitabouteverything.com /files/b/br/bruni_d_entrecasteaux.html   (1568 words)

Bruny Island - TheBestLinks.com - Abel Tasman, Tasmania, 1642, 1792, ... The island itself however is named after the French explorer Bruni D'Entrecasteaux who explored the Channel region in 1792. Bruny Island is large island, elongated in shape, off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, separated from the mainland of Tasmania by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Bruny Island was originally inhabited by the Aboriginals until European arrival. www.thebestlinks.com /Bruny_Island.html   (283 words)

Bruny Island, Tasmania - Travelmate Named after the French Admiral, Bruni d’Entrecasteaux, Bruny Island lies in Storm Bay, across the d’Entrecasteaux Channel from the mainland. The island is almost split in two, with a narrow isthmus connecting the north and south parts. North Bruny Island is flat grazing land interspersed with open woodland. www.travelmate.com.au /Places/Places.asp?TownId=239   (367 words)

Encyclopedia: Bruny Island The island itself however is named after the French explorer Bruni D'Entrecasteaux who explored the Channel region in 1792. Bruny Island is large island off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, from which it is separated by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. Bruny Island was originally inhabited by the Aboriginals until European arrival. www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Bruny-Island   (718 words)

Untitled Document Attached for administrative purposes to the province of Milne Bay (Papua New Guinea), they bear the name of the french lieutenant Denis de Trobriand, a member of Bruni D'Entrecasteaux's 1791 expedition in search of La Pérouse, the celebrated navigator who has disappeared in that region. The Trobriand Islands, of which the principal, Kiriwina, is barely thirty kilometres long, are coral islands situated in the Pacific Ocean north of the d'Entrecasteaux archipelago and the eastern promontory of the main island of Papua New Guinea. The recordings on the present album were made in june 1974 on the island of Kiriwina, in particular during the great milamala yam harvest festival, the description and meaning of which were given by Malinowski. www.prophet-worldmusic.com /uk/cd14.htm   (718 words)

Tell Friend The ships were under the command of Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni d'Entrecasteaux. But not before his tiny ships had bequeathed a brace of names to the South Pacific -- the d'Entrecasteaux island group is a familiar name in Milne Bay province, made up of Ferguson, Goodenough, and Normanby islands. JEAN-Michel Huon de Kermadec was the captain of "l'Esperance," and he is immortalized in the Kermadec islands north east of New Zealand, Kermadec St in Port Moresby, and if your memory goes back that far, a famous colonial hostel here in the capital. www.thenational.com.pg /0719/column1.htm   (350 words)

JOSEPH-ANTOINE ENTRECASTEAUX - LoveToKnow Article on JOSEPH-ANTOINE ENTRECASTEAUX The two ships entered Storm Bay, Tasmania, on the 2fst of April 1792, and remained there until the 16th of May, surveying and naming the dEntrecasteaux Channel, the entrances to the Huon and Derwent rivers, Bruni Island, Recherche Bay, Port Esperance and various other localities. Leaving Tasmania the expedition sailed northward for the East Indies, and while coasting near the island of Java, Entrecasteaux was attacked by scurvy and died on the 20th of July 1793. Excepting the name of the river Derwent (originally called Riviere du Nord by its French discoverers), these foregoing appellations have been retained. www.1911ency.org /E/EN/ENTRECASTEAUX_JOSEPH_ANTOINE.htm   (339 words)

Bruny Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The island itself however is named after the French explorer Bruni d'Entrecasteaux who explored the Channel region in 1792. Bruny Island is large island off the south-eastern coast of Tasmania, from which it is separated by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel. While the seaward side of the island features features two long beaches - Adventure Bay and Cloudy Bay - it is for the most part extremely rugged, with cliffs of dolerite that tower over 200 metres above sea level, and which are amongst the highest sea cliffs in Australia. en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Bruny_Island   (377 words)

Neighbours In 1791, a scientific expedition led by Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux left France with the primary mission of finding the explorer Jean-Francois Galaup de la Perouse, who had disappeared after leaving the Australian coast three years earlier. A synopsis : France's leading morning daily Le Figaro has given over a large part of its 27 February economy pages to two articles on Tasmanian industry. The issue is causing a great fuss in academic and environmental circles, which have recently discovered the ruins of the first European vegetable garden established in Tasmania almost two centuries ago by French botanists. home.iprimus.com.au /ltuffin/figaro.html   (377 words)

Bruny Island by Lonely Planet The Island was first sighted by Abel Tasman in 1642 and later visited Furneaux, Cook, Bligh and Cox between 1770 and 1790, but was named after Rear-Admiral Bruni D'Entrecasteaux, who explored and surveyed the area in 1792. Bruny Island is not an overdeveloped tourist destination, instead it is a peaceful place with an interesting past, and many unpopulated and unpolluted beaches. The South Bruny National Park is renowned for its varied wildlife, including fairy penguins and many species of reptile. www.brunyisland.com.au /lonely-planet.htm   (434 words)

The Tree House  Bruny Island Tasmania AAAT rated James Cook, and the French Admiral Bruni D’Entrecasteaux, whose visit in 1792-3 gave his name to the Island and the channel. We had left the big island of Australia for the smaller island State of Tasmania and then left it’s shores for the littlest island of Bruny. We look forward to returning to the big island on which we live, enlivened with memories of a littler island called Bruny -keen to visit its shores again in anticipation of a mixture of both solitude and stimulation. www.thetreehouse.com.au /lonely_planet.htm   (1584 words)

TAS Bruny Island Name origin: Named after Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, who surveyed the channel between the island and the mainland in 1792. A sad note in the island's history is that Truganinni, the daughter of an island chief, was recognised as the last full­blood Tasmanian Aborigine- she died in 1876. Bruny Island is 55 km long and almost two distinct islands, North and South Bruny, joined by a narrow strip of sand hills. www.allsydney.com /tas/Brunyisl.htm   (314 words)

Untitled Document Attached for administrative purposes to the province of Milne Bay (Papua New Guinea), they bear the name of the french lieutenant Denis de Trobriand, a member of Bruni D'Entrecasteaux's 1791 expedition in search of La Pérouse, the celebrated navigator who has disappeared in that region. This small paradise island has the distinction of having received on its soil Bronislav Malinowski, the world-renowned anthropologist who studied the population of Kiriwina. In addition to his description of this people, he drew from his observations a critical analysis of Freud's psychoanalytical theory of sexuality which attracted a lot of attention at the time, and also proposed a new theory of culture. prophet-worldmusic.artistes.universalmusic.fr /uk/cd14.htm   (181 words)

Trobriand Islands - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The islands were named by navigator Bruni d'Entrecasteaux after his first lieutenant, Denis de Trobriand. In the early 20th century, as the British colonial regime extended its influence and control throughout Papua, the southern portion of New Guinea, Losuia station was established and remained an important center for colonial police officers, traders and missionaries. The Trobriand Islands are a 170 mi² archipelago of coral atolls off the eastern coast of New Guinea. www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Trobriand_Islands   (338 words)

D'Entrecasteaux Channel --  Encyclopædia Britannica Sighted in 1642 by the Dutch navigator Abel Tasman, it was surveyed in 1792 by the French admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux, who proved it to be a channel rather than a bay. river in southern Tasmania, Australia, rising on the slopes of Mounts Wedge, Bowen, and Anne. Canals and locks had to be built in the St. Marys River, and the Welland Ship Canal with its seven locks had to be dug around Niagara Falls. www.britannica.com /eb/article-9029964?tocId=9029964   (813 words)

Walkabout - Huonville The Huon River was first explored by the French Admiral, Bruni D'Entrecasteaux, who named it, a nearby island, a soft pine and the Kermandie River, after the commander of his support vessel, L'Esperance, Captain Huon de Kermadec. Located on the Huon River 39 km southwest of Hobart, Huonville is a small but thriving community serving the surrounding apple, timber and hops industries. This is not surprising as, before the first bridge across the river was built in 1876, all the houses were built facing the river because it was the only available form of transportation. www.walkabout.com.au /locations/TASHuonville.shtml   (1060 words)

VirtualTourist.com - Kate-Me's Huonville Travel Page French Commander Bruni D'Entrecasteaux (along with Huon de Kermandec) in the ships "L'Esperance" and "Recherche" first explored and mapped the area in 1771. The Huonville area may have been settled by the British, but it was the French who led the first expeditions to the area. Huonville est une ville située à cinquante kilomètres au sud ouest de Hobart, au centre de la Tasmanie, région célèbre pour ces vergers de pommiers et son cidre. www.virtualtourist.com /m/318f9/1c9c4a   (1060 words)

TAS Huonville Admiral Bruni d'Entrecasteaux discovered the Huon River which flows through Huonville. Huonville is the commercial centre of the Huon Valley fruit­growing district where crops include apples, pears and other small fruits and where many farmers now combinedairy cattle with their orchards. The village was founded in 1843 and a beautiful church built of local stone in 1872 is a central feature. www.allsydney.com /tas/Huonvill.htm   (1060 words)

MSN Encarta - Encyclopedia Article Centre - Exploration & Explorers Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, Chevalier d' La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, Comte de uk.encarta.msn.com /artcenter_0.1.14/Exploration_Explorers.html   (1060 words)

AllRefer.com - Joseph Antoine Bruni d' Entrecasteaux (Explorers, Travelers, And Conquerors) - Encyclopedia He entered the French navy in 1754, fought (1756) at Minorca, commanded (1786) the French fleet of the East Indies, and was appointed governor of Mauritius and the Isle of Bourbon in 1787. While in command of an expedition to search for La PErouse (1791–92) he determined the position of Amsterdam island, explored the coastlines of New Caledonia, Tasmania, and New Holland, and located several groups of islands. reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/E/EntrecsJ.html   (270 words)

Walkabout - Southport Like most of the southwest coast Southport was first explored by Admiral Bruni D'Entrecasteaux in 1792 who named the bay 'Baie des Moules' (Mussel Bay). There is a monument on Southport Bluff (a healthy 40 minute walk from the road) to the convict ship George III which was wrecked off the coast in 1835 with the loss of 94 passengers. In the nineteenth century Southport prospered as a port serving whalers, sealers and the local timber industry. walkabout.fairfax.com.au /theage/locations/TASSouthport.shtml   (301 words)

Encyclopædia Britannica navig.): see Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, chevalier d’ “De architettura” (treatise by Serlio): see “Tutte l’opere d’architettura, et prospetiva” “De ceremoniis aulae Byzantinae” (work by Constantine VII Porphyrogenitus) www.britannica.com /eb/index?search=De   (301 words)

Australasia (A&M) Jacques Julien Houton de Labillardière (1755-1834) botanist and traveller: two items on his voyage to the Pacific under Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni chevalier d' Entrecasteaux (1737-1793) in search of the explorer Jean-François de Galaup comte de la Pérouse (1741-1788): letter prior to his departure, n.d. Joseph Oliver (fl.c.1800) church clerk, Staffordshire: material on Captain James Cook's explorations in the Pacific and visit to New Zealand, c.1800 MS 3713 Matthew Flinders (1774-1814) naval hydrographer and explorer of Australia: letter from Sir Joseph Banks (1743-1820), naturalist and traveller, to Jean-Baptiste Joseph Delambre (1749-1822) of the Institut National, Paris, including a request to release Flinders, currently a prisoner of war in Mauritius, and describing the voyage that brought Flinders there, 1804 MS 7830/1 library.wellcome.ac.uk /doc_WTL039892.html   (2489 words)

Grange Global Pty Ltd <> The Point - Bruny Island Overlooking the adjoining Adventure Bay stand Monuments to Abel Tasman, Captain James Cook, Matthew Flinders, William Bligh, Bruni D'Entrecasteaux and Tobias Furneaux. Its Aboriginal history is also highly noteworthy, being home to Tasmania's best known Aborigine woman Trugannini (Lalla Rookh). www.grange-global.com /the-point   (2489 words)

lusancay During a round around the world journey, a scientific expedition, which was directed by the famous admiral Bruni d’Entrecasteaux, and also by Jean Michel Huon de Kermadec, from Brest, the officers gave their own names to a lot of little rocks and islands. A bord de la Recherche et de l’Espérance, commandée par le lieutenant brestois Jean Michel Huon de Kermadec, ces hommes ont connu l’aventure, la joie, les désespoirs de ces expéditions du bout du monde, dans le droit fil de Cook et des grands découvreurs, Christophe Colomb, Magellan et autres Vasco de Gama. un peu d’histoire de famille et de géographie proche et lointaine... lusancay.chez-alice.fr /lusancay.html   (545 words)

ninemsn Encarta - Encyclopedia Article Centre - Exploration & Explorers Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, Chevalier d' La Pérouse, Jean François de Galaup, Comte de La Vérendrye, Pierre Gaultier de Varennes, sieur de au.encarta.msn.com /artcenter_0.1.14/Exploration_Explorers.html   (545 words)

MSN Encarta - Encyclopedia Article Center - Exploration & Explorers Entrecasteaux, Antoine Raymond Joseph de Bruni, Chevalier d’ Get going on papers, presentations, and more with step-by-step guides. encarta.msn.com /artcenter_0.3.11/Exploration_Explorers.html   (545 words)

The Huon Trail and Bruny Island Remnants of the visits of early explorers — Captain Cooke, Tobias Furneaux, Bruni D'Entrecasteaux, Matthew Flinders and William Bligh who all made landfall at Adventure Bay — can be seen at the Bligh Museum of Pacific Exploration at Adventure Bay. Many of Bruny's landmarks are named after these original inhabitants. See the remains from whalers and loggers from 1820-1850. www.tasmaniasouth.com /huon/bruny.html   (308 words)

TAS Bruny Island Captain Tobias Furneaux landed at Adventure Bay in his ship Adventure in 1773, James Cook landed in 1777, William Bligh visited a total of four times from 1788, Matthew Flinders, Bruni d'Entrecasteaux and Nicholas Baudin also broke their voyages here. The first was Abel Tasman in 1642, he attempted to land at Adventure Bay but was prevented by stormy seas. www.allsydney.com /tas/Brunyisl.htm   (314 words)

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