Mr George Bass
Naval Surgeon, Explorer, Adventurer, and perhaps a would-be Smuggler
George Bass was an extraordinary person, enormously talented and incredibly brave. It was her, together with Matthew Flinders who carried out early exploration from the infant colony at Sydney by traveling down the south coast and ultimately proving there was a large body of water between what is now Victoria and Tasmania. previously maps had all been drawn with Tasmania drawn connected to the “northern island”.
He was an extraordinary man but was never fully recognised in a public way for his efforts. He was highly regarded…
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