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Rockingham Bay is a bay in The First Voyage (1768-1771)
Captain Cook Society, accessed 1 Oct 2014. The bay was significant in the exploration of the Cape York peninsula by Edmund Kennedy in 1848. He was landed here with a group of twelve men, to begin the journey north. On the way, Kennedy left eight members of the expedition at Weymouth Bay, intending to pick them up later on the return by sea. However Kennedy and all but one member died later during the journey; all but two of the eight members left at Weymouth Bay died before they were relieved.
Far North Queensland
Far North Queensland (FNQ) is the northernmost part of the Australian state of Queensland. Its largest city is Cairns and it is dominated geographically by Cape York Peninsula, which stretches north to the Torres Strait, and west to the Gulf C ...
, Australia.
The bay opens onto the Coral Sea
The Coral Sea () is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion. The Coral Sea extends down the Australian northeast coast. Most of it is protected by the Fre ...
, part of the South Pacific Ocean. Adjacent to the bay is the Girramay National Park, south of which is the town of Cardwell
Cardwell may refer to:
Places Australia
*Cardwell, Queensland
United States
*Cardwell, Missouri
*Cardwell, Montana
* Cardwell Hall, Kansas State University
Canada
*Cardwell Parish, New Brunswick
People
*Alvin B. Cardwell (1902–1992), America ...
. Goold Island
Goold Island is a national park in Queensland, Australia, northwest of Brisbane. The island is close to the northern tip of Hinchinbrook Island off the coast from Cardwell in Rockingham Bay and is part of the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage A ...
is a small island in the bay, and south of this is Hinchinbrook Island, a larger island.
Rockingham Bay was one of the Australian places named by James Cook during his voyage in HMS Endeavour northwards along the east coast in 1770; he named it on Friday 8 June 1770.Captain Cook Society, accessed 1 Oct 2014. The bay was significant in the exploration of the Cape York peninsula by Edmund Kennedy in 1848. He was landed here with a group of twelve men, to begin the journey north. On the way, Kennedy left eight members of the expedition at Weymouth Bay, intending to pick them up later on the return by sea. However Kennedy and all but one member died later during the journey; all but two of the eight members left at Weymouth Bay died before they were relieved.
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{{1stVoyageCookAus Bays of Queensland Landforms of Far North Queensland