Flinders Journal – 19 November

Friday 19 November, 1802 Bentinck Island

"We ... reached the furthest part of the western land seen from Inspection Hill. ... This land proved to be an island of ten or eleven miles long, and I have given it the name of Bentinck, in honour of the Right Hon. Lord William Bentinck ... governor of Madras. ... To the north-west of Bentinck's Island, several small isles came in sight; but a northern sea breeze having set in, we kept on our western course for the low main land. ... At one o'clock ... the eastern extreme of the nearest island bearing N. 3º W., two leagues; this was named Allen's Isle, after the practical miner of the expedition. (P136)

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