Red Point, Twofold Bay
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Red Point () is a coastal headland in
New South Wales New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South ...
,
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at the southern end of
Twofold Bay Twofold Bay is an open oceanic embayment that is located in the South Coast region of New South Wales, Australia. The bay was named by George Bass, for its shape of two bights. The northern bight is called Calle Calle Bay; while the southern ...
. The point got its name from
George Bass George Bass (; 30 January 1771 – after 5 February 1803) was a British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia. Early life Bass was born on 30 January 1771 at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the son of a tenant farmer, George B ...
's description when he passed it on his whaleboat voyage to
Bass Strait Bass Strait () is a strait separating the island state of Tasmania from the Mainland Australia, Australian mainland (more specifically the coast of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, with the exception of the land border across Boundary Islet). The ...
in 1797/ 8. He noted Twofold Bay "may be known by a red point on the south side of the peculiar bluish hue of a drunkard's nose"
George Bass George Bass (; 30 January 1771 – after 5 February 1803) was a British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia. Early life Bass was born on 30 January 1771 at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford, Lincolnshire, the son of a tenant farmer, George B ...
's Journal for 15 January 1798, in the
Historical Records of New South Wales The ''Historical Records of New South Wales'' (''HRNSW'') is a series of books published by the NSW Government Printer between 1892-1901 compiling information from official sources on the history of NSW and Australia. The ''HRNSW'' comprises 7 vol ...
vol III, page 330, and quoted by Estensen above
(i.e. red with a bluish tinge).


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Headlands of New South Wales South Coast (New South Wales) {{SouthCoastNSW-geo-stub