history of the name visitco!nbay.com.au/whats-in-a-name 5 Co!n Bay, a 35 minute drive from the town of Port Lincoln, is bordered by the Southern Ocean, and was discovered by Lieutenant Ma$hew Flinders and his crew aboard the Investigator on the 16th of February 1802. On his return to England in 1810, he named the bay a%er Admiral Sir Isaac Co!n, who, as Resident Commissioner of Sheerness Naval Dockyards in England, had been responsible for the out#$ing of Flinders’ ship - The Investigator - for his imminent voyage to Terra Australis. Due to weather conditions at the time, Flinders and his crew did not go ashore, although they did see the entrance to the bay system and spo$ed groups of the Nauo Aboriginal people, with #res on the beach. It was le% to others to investigate these hidden bays many years later. In March 1839, Captain Frederick Lees, in the brig Nereus, eventually charted these bays. The main bay was named Port Douglas, a%er Captain Bloom#eld Douglas, who was Harbour Master in Adelaide at the time. Evidence was found that whalers had been there as far back as 1804. In fact, rabbits were discovered in the area, as it was common practice for whalers to leave rabbits as a food supply for future visits or in case of shipwreck. Read more about the history of Co!n Bay here:
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