Furneaux Group
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title:
Furneaux Group
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The Furneaux Group is a group of approximately 100 islands located at the eastern end of Bass Strait, between Victoria and Tasmania, Australia. The islands were named after British navigator Tobias Furneaux, who sighted the eastern side of these islands after leaving Adventure Bay in 1773 on his way to New Zealand to rejoin Captain James Cook. Navigator Matthew Flinders was the first European to explore the Furneaux Islands group, in the Francis in 1798, and later that year in the Norfolk. The l
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Island group in Tasmania, Australia
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Furneaux_Group
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2024-04-08T19:18:46Z
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