princess royal harbour king george sound western australia 1865
King George Sound is the name of a sound on the south coast of Western Australia. Located at 35°02′S 117°56′E / °S °E / ; , it is the site of the city of Albany. The sound covers an area of 110 square kilometres (42 sq mi) and varies in depth from 10 m (33 ft) to 35 m (115 ft). The sound is bordered by the mainland to the north, by Vancouver Peninsula on the west, and by Bald Head and Flinders Peninsula to the south. Although the sound is open water to the east, the waters are partially protected by Breaksea Island and Michaelmas Island. There are two harbours located within the sound, Princess Royal Harbour and Oyster Harbour, each receive excellent protection from winds and heavy seas. Princess Royal Harbour was Western Australia's only deep-water port for around 70 years until Fremantle Harbour, south of Perth was opened. King George Sound was first discovered in 1791 by the English explorer George Vancouver, Vancouver named it after the reigning monarch, King George III. The next Europeans to visit the Sound were whalers Capt. Dennis of The Kingston, and Capt. Dickson aboard The Elligood who caught three whales in August 1800. This expedition left an inscribed piece of metal behind to be found by Flinders crew in the following year. Matthew Flinders anchored in the Sound for about a month in 1801, during this time Brown (ship's botanist) and Good (ship's gardener) collected samples of over 500 plant species. Nicholas Baudin arrived in the sound in February 1803 aboard Le Geographe to rendezvous with Louis de Freycinet aboard the Casuarina before doing further exploration of the West Australian coastline. During the course of their stay the ship's naturalist, Francois Peron, collected 1060 new species of shellfish and a large number of starfish from the sound.
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