Rosemary Island

Rosemary Island is an island in Western Australia that forms part of the Dampier Archipelago. It is part of the Leda Nature Reserve.[1]

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 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.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Dampier Archipelago Island reserves
  2. ↑ 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. p. 400. Retrieved 9 Oct 2013.

Coordinates: 20°28′S 116°37′E / 20.467°S 116.617°E / -20.467; 116.617

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