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    Recherche Bay (locally /ˈri.sərtʃ/ REE-sərtch) is an oceanic embayment, part of which is listed on the National Heritage Register, located on the extreme...
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    during its search of the missing La Pérouse in the Baie de la Recherche (Recherche Bay) in far-south Tasmania. During their stay, the crew took botanical...
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    in his book, Relation du Voyage à la Recherche de la Pérouse. Labillardière collected specimens at Recherche Bay during the d'Entrecasteaux expedition...
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    d'Entrecasteaux' expedition, along with Espérance. Both Recherche Bay, Tasmania and the Recherche Archipelago, Western Australia were named after her. The...
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    Recherche Archipelago The Archipelago of the Recherche, known locally as the Bay of Isles, is a group of 105 islands, and over 1200 "obstacles to shipping"...
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    expedition under the command of Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux anchored in Recherche Bay and a period of five weeks was spent in that area, carrying out explorations...
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    the farthest point south one can drive in Australia. It is located on Recherche Bay on the edge of the Southwest National Park, part of the Tasmanian Wilderness...
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    the South East nation occupied an area centred on what is now called Recherche Bay. In 1793 French scientists on the d’Entrecasteaux expedition encountered...
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    The Cyprus mutiny took place on 14 August 1829 in Recherche Bay off the British penal settlement of Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania, Australia). Convicts...
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    Huon Styx Harbours, bays, inlets and estuaries Adventure Bay Barnes Bay Cloudy Bay D'Entrecasteaux Channel Recherche Bay Storm Bay Coastal features South...
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    Melbourne, Australia. Another is the barque James Craig, rescued from Recherche Bay in Tasmania, now restored and regularly sailing from Sydney, Australia...
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    since leaving Botany Bay in March 1788. Bruni d'Entrecasteaux was selected to command this expedition. He was given a frigate, Recherche (500 tons), with...
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    D'Entrecasteaux; Point Samson; Recherche Archipelago (Archipel de la Recherche) and Recherche Bay (Baie de la Recherche)... Moreover, Western Australian...
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    frigates, Recherche and Espérance. The first landfall was the Canary Islands, then the Cape of Good Hope followed by Van Diemen's Land (in Recherche Bay, Tasmania...
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  • Specimen records (Israelite Bay)[dead link] Smith, L. A. & Johnstone, R. E. (1996). "Biogeography of the herpetofauna of the Recherché Archipelago, Western Australia"...
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    established at Emu Bay. In 1828 Tarerenorerer (Eng:Walyer), a woman who had escaped from sealers, became the leader of the Emu Bay people and attacked...
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    Marlborough Region, especially from Clifford Bay and Cloudy Bay to Port Underwood, Golden Bay, Awaroa Bay, and coastlines on West Coast and Hokianga Harbour...
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    returning to Macquarie Harbour. On 5 September Cyprus was anchored in Recherche Bay, having taken shelter there. Lieutenant Carew and four others went fishing...
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    controversies about development in the region, including logging at Recherche Bay and the development of a tourist resort inside the national park at...
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  • tombolo connects the landmass to the mainland in Boomer Bay, which itself lies within Blackman Bay. The island can be seen in several public photographs...
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  • two French ships, La Recherche and L'Espérance anchored in a harbour near Tasmania's southernmost point they called Recherche Bay. This was at a time when...
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    Banks Strait (between Cape Portland and Clarke Island) and south to Recherche Bay, with the highest population densities in sheltered waters in south-east...
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  • the Wayback Machine. Awm.gov.au. Retrieved on 22 May 2012. Battle of Milne Bay | Australian War Memorial Archived 15 May 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Awm...
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    15.64500°S 144.50722°E / -15.64500; 144.50722 (Quinkan Country) 78 Recherche Bay (North East Peninsula) Area (listing) Tasmania 7 October 2005 79 Richmond...
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  • Huon Styx Harbours, bays, inlets and estuaries Adventure Bay Barnes Bay Cloudy Bay D'Entrecasteaux Channel Recherche Bay Storm Bay Coastal features South...
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    introduction, informed public debate regarding the heritage-listing of Recherche Bay in Tasmania. Citizen Labillardière (2003), Duyker's biography of the...
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    Memo for a Saner World (2004), Valley of the Giants (2004), Tasmania's Recherche Bay (2005), Earth (2009), In Balfour Street (2010) and Optimism: reflections...
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  • Aboriginal mission at Bruny Island, convicts seized the brig Cyprus at Recherche Bay and sailed to China; Van Diemen's Land Scientific Society was formed...
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    up again, then used as a hulk, until eventually being abandoned at Recherche Bay in Tasmania.To avoid her drifting and becoming a navigational hazard...
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    cruiser La Recherche, which visited Spitsbergen in 1838 and 1839. The Dutch had named it in the early 17th century Schoonhaven (English: Beautiful Bay). The...
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