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Name1841 Stokes expedition in Carpentaria
Description

This map shows the 1841 journey of the Stokes expedition while in the region now adjacent to Carpentaria Shire.

TypeJourney
Content Warning

This map uses information from the European account of this expedition and does not draw on local knowledge.

All locations are approximate.

ContributorClaire Brennan
Entries11
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Added to System2025-08-13 23:02:05
Updated in System2025-09-02 16:47:03
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CreatorClaire Brennan
PublisherNorthern History Services
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Date Created (externally)2025-08-13

Stokes (Beagle)

Placename
Booby Island
Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-10.606
Longitude
141.912
Start Date
1841-06-26
End Date
1841-06-26

Description

Left company ofother ships

Sources

TLCMap ID
te181f
Linkback
https://archive.org/details/b29350359_0002/page/260/mode/2up
Created At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
Updated At
2025-08-13 23:02:14

Stokes (Beagle)

Placename
Anchorage (latitude from journal)
Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-16.218
Longitude
141.34
Start Date
1841-07-01
End Date
1841-07-01

Description

Sources

TLCMap ID
te1820
Linkback
https://archive.org/details/b29350359_0002/page/260/mode/2up
Created At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
Updated At
2025-08-13 23:02:14

Stokes (Beagle)

Placename
Van Diemen's Inlet
Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-16.964
Longitude
140.974
Start Date
1841-07-03
End Date
1841-07-05

Description

Possible Dutch named inlet Van Diemen's River

Sources

TLCMap ID
te1821
Linkback
https://archive.org/details/b29350359_0002/page/262/mode/2up
Created At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
Updated At
2025-08-13 23:02:14

Stokes (Beagle)

Placename
Bountiful Islands
Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-16.687
Longitude
139.85
Start Date
1841-07-06
End Date
1841-07-07

Description

Named Mount Flinders

Sources

TLCMap ID
te1822
Linkback
https://archive.org/details/b29350359_0002/page/266/mode/2up
Created At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
Updated At
2025-08-13 23:02:14

Stokes (Beagle)

Placename
Sweers Island; anchored in Investigator Road; named Flowler Island
Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-17.113
Longitude
139.534
Start Date
1841-07-08
End Date
1841-07-21

Description

Found name of Flinders ship cut in tree near well; dug well at Point Inscription; found Indigenous well at Point Bayley

Sources

TLCMap ID
te1823
Linkback
https://archive.org/details/b29350359_0002/page/268/mode/2up
Created At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
Updated At
2025-08-13 23:02:14

Stokes (Beagle)

Placename
Disaster Inlet
Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-17.644
Longitude
139.94
Start Date
1841-07-24
End Date
1841-07-26

Description

Observed large Sand Hill nearby; explored up the course of Diaster Inlet

Sources

TLCMap ID
te1824
Linkback
https://archive.org/details/b29350359_0002/page/280/mode/2up
Created At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
Updated At
2025-08-13 23:02:14

Stokes (Beagle)

Placename
Morning Inlet
Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-17.702
Longitude
140.215
Start Date
1841-07-27
End Date
1841-07-27

Description

Soft mud and mangroves; saw two people on mud flat; found a sandy beach midway between them

Sources

TLCMap ID
te1825
Linkback
https://archive.org/details/b29350359_0002/page/288/mode/2up
Created At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
Updated At
2025-08-13 23:02:14

Stokes (Beagle)

Placename
Flinders River; side trips in smaller vessels to Albert River and Plains of Promise; and up coast to Van Diemen's Inlet including naming of Bynoe's Inlet
Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-17.597
Longitude
140.594
Start Date
1841-07-28
End Date
1841-08-02

Description

Estimated date of departure

Sources

TLCMap ID
te1826
Linkback
https://archive.org/details/b29350359_0002/page/290/mode/2up
Created At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
Updated At
2025-08-13 23:02:14

Parker (Beagle)

Placename
Albert River
Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-17.571
Longitude
139.761
Start Date
1841-08-05
End Date
1841-08-06

Description

Estimated date of arrival; named Bynoe's Inlet

Sources

TLCMap ID
te1827
Linkback
https://archive.org/details/b29350359_0002/page/324/mode/2up
Created At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
Updated At
2025-08-13 23:02:14

Stokes (Beagle)

Placename
Van Diemen's Inlet
Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-16.964
Longitude
140.974
Start Date
1841-08-09
End Date
1841-08-10

Description

Estimated date of departure

Sources

TLCMap ID
te1828
Linkback
https://archive.org/details/b29350359_0002/page/322/mode/2up
Created At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
Updated At
2025-08-13 23:02:14

Stokes (Beagle)

Placename
Booby Island
Type
Other

Details

Latitude
-10.605
Longitude
141.912
Start Date
1841-08-13
End Date
1841-08-17

Description

Sources

TLCMap ID
te1829
Linkback
https://archive.org/details/b29350359_0002/page/322/mode/2up
Created At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
Updated At
2025-08-13 23:02:14
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