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HOME OF THE LADY DENMAN - Local history isn't always about the big story - the everyday story of life in the early development of the region can be a fascinating, entertaining and educational journey.

5 March 2015

“They both admitted they had eaten the unfortunate wretch” 1801

 
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Early explorers sailed the seas with the ever present danger of being wrecked far from home on a hostile shore, their prospect of surviving  such an incident on a foreign land would have been remote.
Following is a extract from a story aboard the Lady Nelson as she explored along the south coast of Australia.

image The Lady Nelson, under the command of Lieutenant Grant. R.N., put into Jervis Bay, where he remained four days.

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 Read More on the story of the Sydney Cove.

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