Place Names Register Extract
Peron Islands
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Print Extract | Search AgainName | Peron Islands |
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Type Designation | Island Group |
Place Id | 20863 |
Place Type | Feature |
Status | Recorded |
Date Registered | |
Location (Datum GDA94) | |
Latitude: -13° 11' S (Decimal degrees -13.192564) | |
Longitude: 130° 03' E (Decimal degrees 130.051137) | |
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Locality / Suburb | |
Rakula | |
Local Government Area | |
History/Origin | PP King records (on 2 September 1819) the naming of Peron Island by Nicolas Baudin in June, 1803. He compared his longitude with Baudin, who is believed to have named the Island after Francois Peron, the French naturalist who was accompanying Baudin on the "Naturalist". However, there is no mention of Baudin naming the island in Christine Cornell translation of "The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin" Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974. |
Register & Gazettal information
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