94 Australian Geographic
TASMANIAN PARKS AND WILDLIFE SERVICE; MAP: BRITISH MUSEUMThe wrecking of one of
the first merchant vessels to
arrive after the First Fleet
led to a remarkable tale of
sur vival on Tasmania’s
Furneaux Islands.
PR ESE RVAT ION SPI R IT
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STORY BY SANDY GUY PHOTOGRAPHY BY CAM COPEMatthew Flinders’ hand-drawn 1798 map
(above) marking the Sydney Cove wreck later
led archaeologists to the survivors’ camp.