Rosemary Island

Rosemary Island is an island in the Dampier Archipelago of Western Australia. With Enderby Island it forms Class A Nature Reserve 36915, part of a proposed national park.[1][2]

In 1699 the English navigator William Dampier, in command of the 26-gun warship HMS Roebuck on a mission to explore the coast of New Holland, following the Dutch route to the Indies, passed between Dirk Hartog Island and the Western Australian mainland into what he called Shark's Bay. He then followed the coast northeast, on 21 August 1699 reaching the Dampier Archipelago, which he explored, naming Rosemary Island on 22 August. He continued to Lagrange Bay, just south of what is now Roebuck Bay, before sailing for Timor.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Dampier Archipelago Island Reserves" (pdf). Department of Parks and Wildlife. Perth, WA: Department of Environment and Conservation. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  2. ↑ Morris, Keith (2000). "Dampier Archipelago Nature Reserves Management Plan" (pdf). Department of Parks and Wildlife. Perth, WA: Department of Conservation and Land Management. p. 4. Retrieved 28 February 2016.
  3. ↑ Burney, James (1816). "7. Voyage of Captain William Dampier, in the Roebuck, to New Holland". A Chronological History of the Discoveries in the South Sea or Pacific Ocean. 4. London: G. & W. Nicol, G. & J. Robinson & T. Payne. pp. 400–406. Retrieved 26 February 2016.

Coordinates: 20°28′46″S 116°35′40″E / 20.47944°S 116.59444°E / -20.47944; 116.59444


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