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Locality: Agnes Water

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24.01.2022 On 12 May, 1770, James Cook wrote Several smooks seen a little way in land... At Noon [saw] a point or head land on which were fires that caused a great quanti...ty of smook which occasioned my giving it the name of smooky Cape. Joseph Banks wrote Land much as yesterday, fertile but varying its appearance a good deal, generaly however well clothd with good trees. This evening we finishd Drawing the plants got in the last harbour, which had been kept fresh till this time by means of tin chests and wet cloths. In 14 days just, one draughtsman [Sydney Parkinson] has made 94 sketch drawings, so quick a hand has he acquird by use.

24.01.2022 On 10 May, 1770, James Cook wrote A small round rock or Island laying close under the land bore So 82 West distt 3 or 4 Leagues... a little way inland is a remarkable hill that is shaped like the Crown of a hatt... At 4 PM past at the distance of 1 Mile a low rocky point which I named Point Stephens... on the northside of this point is an inlet which I calld Port Stephens... that appear'd to me from the mast head to be shelterd from all winds. At the entrance lay 3 small Is...lands [Cabbage Tree Island, Boondelbah Island and Little Island] two of which are of a tolerable height and on the Main near the shore are some high round hills that make at a distance like Islands Broughton Islands].

23.01.2022 Departing Bustard Bay

23.01.2022 The ear cutting incident with Cook’s and Banks account of coming ashore..

22.01.2022 On 13 May, 1770, James Cook wrote At 1 PM it fell calm and continued so about an hour when a breeze sprung up at NE with which we stood in shore untill 6 oClock.

20.01.2022 On 14 May, 1770, James Cook wrote At 5 AM the wind veer'd to north and blow'd a fresh breeze attended with squals and dark clowdy weather. At 8 oClock it began to Thunder and rain which lasted about an hour and then fell calm which gave us an oppertunity to sound... After this we got the wind southerly a fresh breeze and fair weather and we tur[n]d NBW for the northermost land we had in sight... in the PM had some heavy squals attended with Rain and hail which oblig'd us to ...close reef our Topsails. Between 2 and 4 we had some small rocky Islands between us and the land.

19.01.2022 This time 250 years ago the HMB Endeavour was approaching Bustard Bay and the first sighting of the Gooreng Gooreng people was recorded by Joseph Banks

19.01.2022 On 16 May, 1770, James Cook wrote At day light we were surprised by finding ourselves farther to the southward than we were in the evening and yet as it had blowen strong Southerly all night. We now saw the breakers again within us which we past at the distance of 1 League [their] situation may always be found by the peaked mountain before mentioned which bears SWBW from them and on this account I have named [it] Mount Warning. It lies 7 or 8 Leagues inland... The point off ...which these shoals lay I have named Point Danger... in the PM we steer'd along shore... at the distance of about 2 Leagues off. Between 4 and 5 we discoverd breakers on our larboord [port] bow, our depth of water at this time was 37 fathom. At sun set the northermost land in sight bore NBW, the breakers NWBW distant 4 Miles and the northermost land set at noon, which form'd a point which I nam'd Point lookout, bore west distant 5 or 6 Miles... On the northward side of this point the shore forms a wide open Bay which I have named Morton bay, in the bottom of which the land is so low that I could but just see it from the top mast head.

19.01.2022 An insightful interview. https://www.facebook.com/watch/

18.01.2022 Here in Australia we’re fortunate enough to have one of the richest and oldest continuing cultures in the world. This is something we should all be proud of and... celebrate. In 2020 Reconciliation Australia marks twenty years of shaping Australia’s journey towards a more just, equitable and reconciled nation. Much has happened since the early days of the people’s movement for reconciliation, including greater acknowledgement of our First Nations People rights to land and sea; understanding of the impact of government policies and frontier conflicts; and an embracing of stories of Indigenous success and contribution. 2020 also marks the twentieth anniversary of the reconciliation walks of 2000, when people came together to walk on bridges and roads across the nation and show their support for a more reconciled Australia. As always, we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, and Australians now benefit from the efforts and contributions of people committed to reconciliation in the past. For more information on National Reconciliation Week visit gladstone.qld.gov.au/national-reconciliation-week. #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020

17.01.2022 Want to know how Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander collected plants at Botany Bay, and transported them in Endeavour? Then listen to a talk by Brett Summerell, Chief Botanist at the Royal Botanic Garden Sydney at

15.01.2022 On 19 May, 1770, James Cook wrote At 1 oClock in the PM we pass'd at the distance of 4 Miles having 17 fm water a black bluf head or point of land on which a n...umber of the natives were assembled, which occasioned my nameing it Indian Head [on Fraser Island]... some smooks in the day and fires in the night. Joseph Banks wrote Countrey as sandy and barren as ever. Two snakes were seen, a man of war bird, and a small Turtle. At sun set the land appeard in a low bank to the sea over which nothing was seen, so that we imagind it was very narrow and that some deep bay on the other side ran behind it.

15.01.2022 This map is a great interactive tool to see language groups in Australia with the Gooreng Gooreng language group named for this area. Language was very diverse with different dialects used within groups for families, Elders, Medicine people and much more.

11.01.2022 THE TOWN WHERE IT’S 1770 EVERY DAY No doubt fed up to the gunwhales with the nasty business of the ear lopping, James Cook leaves HMS Endeavour that same d...ay, May 23, 1770, and makes landfall in Australia for the second time at a place now called Seventeen Seventy. #Cook250 He named the area Bustard Bay, though his Yorkshire accent caused not a small amount of confusion down the centuries, leading to Australians even now, 250 years on to call every bastard a bastard. But the unimaginatively named landmark town of Round Hill on the southern point of Bustard Bay was renamed in 1935 to the more commemorative Seventeen Seventy. Trivia: Somewhere in the world is a chap who collects place names that contain numbers (eg Forty Baskets Beach, Sydney; Seven Oaks, Kent). I can’t find a reference to him now, but he said in a radio interview I heard years ago that Seventeen Seventy was his favourite. Trivia: The postcode for Seventeen Seventy is, infuriatingly, 4677. Cook wrote: I went a shore with a party of men in order to examine the Country accompaned by Mr Banks and the other gentlemen ... All or most of the same sorts of land and sea water fowl as we saw at Sting Ray harbour we saw here, besides these Black & White Ducks, and we saw some Bustards [Australian Bustard, Eupodotis australis] such as we have in England one of which we kill'd that weigh'd 17 pounds which occasioned my giving this place the name of Bustard Bay. 10 Things to Do in Seventeen Seventy (TripAdvisor), including Joseph Banks Regional Park and Captain Cook Monument: https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attractions-g495001-Activiti Seventeen Seventy on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Seventy,_Queensland Seventeen Seventy, Queensland Cook’s May 23, 1770, journal entry (CCS): https://www.facebook.com/groups/captaincooksociety/permalink/900923870414145/

10.01.2022 On 18 May, 1770, James Cook wrote the land trends to the NW and forms a large open Bay [Wide Bay] in the bottom of which the land appear'd to be very low in so much that we could but just see it from the deck.

05.01.2022 This map is a great interactive tool to see language groups in Australia with the Gooreng Gooreng language group named for this area. Language was very diverse with different dialects used within groups for families, Elders, Medicine people and much more.

05.01.2022 On 15 May, 1770, James Cook wrote we made all the sail we could having the advantage of a fresh gale and fine weather. At 9 oClock being about a League from the land we saw upon it People and smook in several places... A tolerable high point of land bore NWBW distant 3 Miles --- this point I named Cape Byron... we steerd North along shore untill sun-set at which time we discoverd breakers ahead and on our larboard [port] bow, being at this time in 20 fathom water and about 5... Miles from the land. Hauld off east untill 8 oClock at which time we had run 8 Miles and had increased our depth of water to 44 fathoms. We than brought too with her head to the Eastward and lay on this tack untill 10 o'Clock when having increased our soundings to 78 fathoms we wore and lay with her head in shore.

05.01.2022 On 17 May, 1770, James Cook wrote At day light I found that we had in the night got much farther to the northward and from the shore than I expected... therefo...re haul'd in NWBW having the advantage of a Fresh Gale at SSW, the northermost land seen last night I named C[ape] Morton... From C. Morton the Land trends away west farther than we could see for there is a small space where we could see no land; some on board was of opinion that there is a River there because the Sea lookd paler than usual ... upon sounding we found but 34 fathom water a fine white sandy bottom which a lone is sufficeint [to] change the apparant colour of sea water without the assistance of Rivers... this place may always be found by three hills which lay to the northward of it... these hills lay but a little way inland and not far from each other, they are very remarkable on account of there singlar form of elivation which very much resemble glass houses which occasioned my giving them that name. A glass house is a building in which glass is made. Joseph Banks wrote Continued to blow tho not so fresh as yesterday. Land trended much to the westward; about 10 we were abreast of a large bay the bottom of which was out of sight. The sea in this place suddenly changd from its usual transparency to a dirty clay colour, appearing much as if chargd with freshes [fresh waters], from whence I was led to conclude that the bottom of the bay might open into a large river. About it were many smoaks especialy on the Northern side near some remarkable conical hills [The Glass Houses]. At sun set the land made in one bank over which nothing could be seen; it was very sandy and carried with it no signs of fertility.

05.01.2022 On 9 May, 1770, James Cook wrote Having little wind at NWBN we tackd and stood off untill Noon at which time we tackd with the wind at NNE... we stood in shore... untill near 4 oClock when we tack'd in 23 fathom water being about a Mile from the land and as much to the Southward of Cape Three Points. Joseph Banks wrote Wind continued foul and we turnd to windward all day to no manner of purpose.

05.01.2022 On 20 May, 1770, James Cook wrote we continued untill we had plainly discoverd breakers a long way upon our lee bow which seemd to stretch quite home to the land, we than edge'd away... [a] point of land... bore SW distant 20 Miles, this point I have named Sandy Cape [on Fraser Island] on accou[n]t of two very large white patches of Sand upon it, it is of a height sufficient to be seen 12 Leagues in clear weather... we kept along the East side of the shoal untill 2 oClock w...hen judging that there was water for us over I sent a boat a head to sound... This Shoal I call'd Break Sea Spit, because now we had smooth water whereas upon the whole Coast to the Southrdof it we had allways a high sea or swell from ye SE.

04.01.2022 On 11 May, 1770, James Cook wrote At 8 oClock we were abreast of a high point of land which made in two hillocks - this point I called Cape Hawke... In the PM as we run along shore we saw several smooks a little way in land from the Sea and one upon the top of a hill which was the first we have seen upon elivated ground sence we have been upon the coast. At sun set... three remarkable large high hills lying continguous to each other and not far from the shore bore NNW. As th...ese hills bore some resemblence to each other we call'd them the Three Brothers.

04.01.2022 Agnes Water pre 1983

04.01.2022 Here in Australia we’re fortunate enough to have one of the richest and oldest continuing cultures in the world. This is something we should all be proud of and... celebrate. In 2020 Reconciliation Australia marks twenty years of shaping Australia’s journey towards a more just, equitable and reconciled nation. Much has happened since the early days of the people’s movement for reconciliation, including greater acknowledgement of our First Nations People rights to land and sea; understanding of the impact of government policies and frontier conflicts; and an embracing of stories of Indigenous success and contribution. 2020 also marks the twentieth anniversary of the reconciliation walks of 2000, when people came together to walk on bridges and roads across the nation and show their support for a more reconciled Australia. As always, we stand on the shoulders of those who came before us, and Australians now benefit from the efforts and contributions of people committed to reconciliation in the past. For more information on National Reconciliation Week visit gladstone.qld.gov.au/national-reconciliation-week. #NRW2020 #InThisTogether2020

03.01.2022 On 21 May, 1770, James Cook wrote At 9 we discovered from yeMast head land to the westward and soon after saw smooks upon it... In the PM had a gentle breeze a...t SE with which we stood in for the land SW untill 4 oClock when... we bore away along shore NWBW... Near the Sea the land is very low but in land are some moderatly high hills and the whole appear'd to be thickly cloathed with wood. Joseph Banks wrote Land seen only from the mast head. Innumerable bobies for near 2 hours before and after Sun rise flew by the ship comeing from NNW and flying SSE, I suppose from some bird Island in that direction where they roosted last night. At 9 new land was in sight the other side of the bay which we left last night; as we aproachd it the depth of water gradualy decreasd to 9 fathom. At 4 in the evening the land appeard very low but coverd with fine wood; on it were many very large Smoaks several of which were seen before we could see the land itself. At night water still shoal, land low and well wooded, fertile to appearance as any thing we have seen upon this coast. At 8 came to an anchor till morn.

01.01.2022 THE TOWN WHERE IT’S 1770 EVERY DAY No doubt fed up to the gunwhales with the nasty business of the ear lopping, James Cook leaves HMS Endeavour that same d...ay, May 23, 1770, and makes landfall in Australia for the second time at a place now called Seventeen Seventy. #Cook250 He named the area Bustard Bay, though his Yorkshire accent caused not a small amount of confusion down the centuries, leading to Australians even now, 250 years on to call every bastard a bastard. But the unimaginatively named landmark town of Round Hill on the southern point of Bustard Bay was renamed in 1935 to the more commemorative Seventeen Seventy. Trivia: Somewhere in the world is a chap who collects place names that contain numbers (eg Forty Baskets Beach, Sydney; Seven Oaks, Kent). I can’t find a reference to him now, but he said in a radio interview I heard years ago that Seventeen Seventy was his favourite. Trivia: The postcode for Seventeen Seventy is, infuriatingly, 4677. Cook wrote: I went a shore with a party of men in order to examine the Country accompaned by Mr Banks and the other gentlemen ... All or most of the same sorts of land and sea water fowl as we saw at Sting Ray harbour we saw here, besides these Black & White Ducks, and we saw some Bustards [Australian Bustard, Eupodotis australis] such as we have in England one of which we kill'd that weigh'd 17 pounds which occasioned my giving this place the name of Bustard Bay. 10 Things to Do in Seventeen Seventy (TripAdvisor), including Joseph Banks Regional Park and Captain Cook Monument: https://www.tripadvisor.com.au/Attractions-g495001-Activiti Seventeen Seventy on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seventeen_Seventy,_Queensland Seventeen Seventy, Queensland Cook’s May 23, 1770, journal entry (CCS): https://www.facebook.com/groups/captaincooksociety/permalink/900923870414145/