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Whitsunday Map - Hamilton Island |
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Friday, 27 June 2008 |
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overview='0'|text='Hamilton Island is the largest,by population, holiday resort in Australia '|tooltip='Hamilton Island'|marker='1'|
align='center'}
Together with today's Dent Island was shown on charts from 1820s
to1860s as one island, crudely outlined, under the name Passage Island.
Surveys by Commander G.S. Nares, RN in HMS Salamander in 1866 and
Commander H.M. Bingham in HMS Virago in 1868 revealed the separation
between the two and Nares named Dent Island. Bingham's chart shows the
name Hamilton Island for the first time. There was a crew member named
Hamilton on Salamander (Port Denison Times 30 March 1867) who possibly
was also on Virago. May have been Sub Lieutenant A.R. Hamilton, RN who
was on the Australia Station at the time.
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Last Updated ( Saturday, 28 June 2008 )
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