Chapter 1

AUSTRALIA--CONCLUSION

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

MARTIN FROBISHER FROBISHER'S MAP A DUTCH SHIP OF WAR SOVEREIGN OF THE SEAS A SIXTH RATE, 1684 DAMPIER COOK GOVERNOR PHILLIP VIEW OF BOTANY BAY SYDNEY COVE CAPTAIN JOHN HUNTER ATTACK ON THE WAAKSAMHEYD GOVERNOR KING LA PÉROUSE SIR JOSEPH BANKS GEORGE BASS MATTHEW FLINDERS VIEW OF WRECK REEF GOVERNMENT HOUSE, SYDNEY, IN 1802 VIEW OF SYDNEY GOVERNOR BLIGH

"Whenever I want a thing well done in a distant part of the world; when I want a man with a good head, a good heart, lots of pluck, and plenty of common sense, I always send for a Captain of the Navy."--LORD PALMERSTON.

THE NAVAL PIONEERS

OF

AUSTRALIA