The Collection

Communication at Sea

Navigation & Mapping

Inventions & Innovations

Lighthouses

The Sea & Sailing Ship
Adventures

Sullivans Cove 1804

Transport, Passengers &
Cargo

Whales and Whaling, Seals and Sealing

Explores:

The establishment of Sullivans Cove by Europeans in 1804, including events leading up to this, and the early development of Hobart.

Activities include:

Guided Tour of Sullivans Cove / Photo Search

Convicts & the European Settlement of Australia (good links from this page)

European Discovery & Settlement of Australia (good links from this page)

Flinders & Baudin (ABC's The Navigators)

Flinders & Baudin Concept Map (also related change over time images 1, 2 and 3; all pdf's)

Flinders (State Library of NSW - journal, maps, belongings)

Flinders Papers (National Maritime Museum London)

Frontier Education 1788-1830 (from the ABC; introduction to impacts of European 'settlement' on Aboriginal peoples)

Lady Nelson (replica Tall Ship; includes online copy of the original ship's log detailing its journey from Sydney to Risdon Cove in 1803)

Life at Sea in the Age of Sail (from the National Maritime Museum, Greenwich)

Research Links:

Tasmanian Images 1 (search State Library for "sullivans cove")

Tasmanian Images 2 (search Tasmanian Museum & Art Gallery for "sullivans cove")

National Library of Australia (search their pictorial collection)

Our Children's Page: