THE AUSTRALIA DIRECTORY. VOLUME I. SOUTH AND EAST COASTS FROM CAPE LEEUWIN TO PORT JACKSON; INCLUDING BASS STRAIT; AND TASMANIA. CHIEFLY FROM THE RESULT OF VARIOUS SURVEYS MADE BY ORDER OF THE PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE HYDROGRAPHIC OFFICE, LONDON, AND SOLD BY J. D. POTTER, AGENT FOR THE SALE OF ADMIRALTY CHARTS, 1897. THE Australia Directory, Vol. I., contains sailing directions for the south coast of Australia, commencing at cape Leeuwin, proceeding towards and including Bass strait and Tasmania, and thence along the east coast to port Jackson. The early editions of this volume were derived from the original survey of the coast by Captain Flinders, and the subsequent examination of various parts by Captains Sir J. G. Bremer, P. P. King, Owen Stanley, J. L. Stokes, F. P. Blackwood, J. C. Wickham, C. B. Yule, T. Lipson, and J. S. Roe, of the Royal Navy; the published voyages of the French navigators, D'Entrecasteaux and Freycinet; the reports of Lieutenant Jeffreys; and the Remark books of Her Majesty's Ships; all effected between the years 1793 and 1853. In the sixth edition, compiled in 1868, by Captain C. B. Yule, R.N., the results of various detached surveys, extending to 1865, undertaken by the Imperial and Colonial governments, and made by Captain H. M. Denham, Commanders Ross, Cox, and Hutchison, of the Royal Navy, and by the harbour authorities of the Colonies, were added. The seventh edition contained results from surveys to 1875, by Commander F. W. Sidney, Staff-Commanders F. Howard, H. J. Stanley, and J. T. Gowland, of the Royal Navy. In the eighth edition, prepared by Captain G. H. Inskip, R.N., results were incorporated from the surveys of Staff-Commanders H. J. Stanley, F. Howard, W. E. Archdeacon, and J. E. Coghlan, of the Royal Navy, together with information from official Colonial documents and the Remark books of H.M. Ships to 1884. The present edition, by Commander H. S. Penn, R.N., contains the latest available information to November 1896. As the coast from King George sound to Eucla road in the Great Australian bight, and also the west coast of Tasmania have not been surveyed in detail, this work must be considered incomplete, and doubtless there will be occasions for amendment throughout. By the publication of this book, all former editions as well as all Hydrographic Notices relating to former editions, and all Notices to Mariners, including No. 724 of 1896, are cancelled. Hydrographic Office, Admiralty, London, 17th December 1896. W. J. L. W. CONTENTS. GENERAL REMARKS.-WESTERN AUSTRALIA ; PHYSICAL FEATURES; GEOLOGY.-SOUTH AUSTRALIA, VICTORIA, TASMANIA, AND NEW SOUTH WALES; GENERAL REMARKS; PHYSICAL FEATURES ; GEOLOGY; PRODUCTS; FISHES; POPULATION; TRADE; COMMUNI- CATION; COAL; DOCKS; PILOTS; CLIMATE.-WINDS AND WEATHER ; Page |