James Kelly (1791–1859) was an Australian mariner, explorer and port official.
31-459: Alonnah is a rural locality on Bruny Island in the local government area (LGA) of Kingborough in the Hobart LGA region of Tasmania . The locality is about 60 kilometres (37 mi) south (by ferry) of the town of Kingston . The 2021 census recorded a population of 164 for Alonnah. It is a small township on the western side of Bruny Island, facing the D'Entrecasteaux Channel . Alonnah
62-474: A fall of snow to beach level on the island. Bruny Island is classified by BirdLife International as an Important Bird Area because it supports the world's largest population of the endangered forty-spotted pardalote , up to a third of the world population of the swift parrot , all 12 of Tasmania's endemic bird species, and up to 240,000 breeding pairs of the short-tailed shearwater (or Tasmanian muttonbird). In March 2021, awareness increased concerning
93-457: A land transfer by the state government to local Aboriginal people. Geologically, Bruny Island actually consists of two land masses—North Bruny and South Bruny—that are joined by a long, narrow, sandy isthmus , often referred to as "The Neck". The island has a total length of approximately 50 kilometres (30 miles). The holiday village of Dennes Point is located in North Bruny, while South Bruny
124-651: A long boat to Whareakeake they were at first received peaceably but then attacked. Tucker, Veto Viole and John Griffiths, Kelly's brother-in-law, were killed and eaten. Kelly returned to the Sophia still lying in the Otago Harbour and now distrusting Maori there attacked them destroying canoes and burning the "beautiful City of Otago" , which he said had 600 houses. Whareakeake became known as "Murdering Beach". Kelly probably exaggerated his revenge but did kill some people and destroyed some property. Unknown to him he had walked into
155-519: A pre-existing feud the precise cause of which only became known to historians with the discovery of a manuscript in 2003 which gave the long missing Maori side of the story. In May 1819, Governor Macquarie confirmed Kelly's appointment as pilot and harbourmaster at the Derwent River . In December 1821, as master of the Sophia he assisted in transporting convicts to the newly established penal station at Macquarie Harbour, and in 1825 he helped to set up
186-530: A reward. Birch gave a differing account to the commission of inquiry into the state of the colony in 1820. He said that Port Davey was discovered while on board the Henrietta Packet and that Kelly had discovered Macquarie Harbour after proceeding along in a boat from Port Davey. Kelly also gave evidence to the same commission, and did not mention any discoveries, or contradict the account of Birch. In November 1817, commanding Birch's Sophia , Kelly sailed on
217-427: A sealing venture to New Zealand and entered Otago Harbour . With him was William Tucker who had settled in the area in 1815 and was returning. The harbour chief, Korako, would not ferry across Maori from Whareakeake , two miles north along the coast, where Tucker had established himself, and whose people now wished to receive their returning Pakeha's gifts. A few days later, when Kelly, Tucker and five others went in
248-499: Is an easy walking track of historical value, beginning at Alonnah jetty. Alonnah was gazetted as a locality in 1955. Originally named Mill's Reef , it was renamed in the early 1900s after part of the Tasmanian Aboriginal name for Bruny Island, Lunawanna-alonnah (a nearby township a little to its south being named Lunawanna ). Mill's Reef Post Office opened on 1 February 1905 and was renamed Alonnah in 1909. The waters of
279-413: Is for the most part extremely rugged, with cliffs of dolerite over 200 metres (660 ft) AHD in altitude. Bruny's channel side is more sheltered and a favourite fishing and recreational boating area for local and interstate visitors. Adventure Bay is located on the eastern side of the isthmus , while Isthmus Bay is located on the western side. Access to the island is by vehicular ferry, funded by
310-483: Is that cats are a naturalized alien species in much of Australia, and the best approach available at present to conserve species on which they predate is to ensure adequately large and intact habitats. Invasive cats may be eradicated on small islands, but some believe complete eradication is impractical at present on islands the size of Bruny. Control methodologies alternative to complete eradication are currently being investigated. Multiple vegetation types are seen across
341-466: Is the main location in Bruny Island for government facilities, including post office, police station, primary school, internet centre, community library, pharmacy, and health centre with nurses, a visiting doctor, physiotherapist, and other health practitioners. There is also a museum located in the court house, Bruny Hotel, and a small general store. The Alonnah Dray track (also known as Sheepwash track)
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#1733093493957372-493: Is the site of the towns of Alonnah , Adventure Bay , and Lunawanna . Outside its settlements, the island is covered with grazing fields and large tracts of dry eucalyptus forest. Inland forests have been logged, but other large sections—mostly along the southeastern coast—are preserved as the South Bruny National Park. While the seaward side of the island features two long beaches—Adventure Bay and Cloudy Bay —it
403-656: The Resolution and Discovery stayed in the bay area for two days. Cook carved his initials in a tree that was destroyed in a 1905 bushfire and is now commemorated by a plaque. In 1788 and again in 1792 (with Matthew Flinders), William Bligh stayed in the Adventure Bay area. The island itself, however, is named after the French explorer Bruni d'Entrecasteaux , who explored the Channel region and discovered it to be an island in 1792. It
434-483: The Tasman Sea . Located to the island's northeast Storm Bay , is the river mouth to the Derwent River estuary, and serves as the main port of Hobart , Tasmania's capital city. Both the island and the channel are named after French explorer, Antoine Bruni d'Entrecasteaux . Its traditional Aboriginal name is lunawanna-allonah, which survives as the name of two island settlements, Alonnah and Lunawanna . Bruny Island
465-517: The whaleboat Elizabeth . The party made the official discovery of Port Davey on the south west coast, and on 28 December of Macquarie Harbour on the central west coast. Features within the harbour were named the Gordon River after the owner of the Elizabeth and Birchs Inlet after Kelly's employer and sponsor T. W. Birch. Birch was granted a monopoly to exploit Huon Pine on the west coast as
496-538: The D'Entrecasteaux Channel form the western boundary. Route B66 (Bruny Island Main Road) runs through from south-west to east. Bruny Island Bruny Island ( Nuenonne : Lunawanna-alonnah ) is a 362-square-kilometre (140 sq mi) island located off the southeastern coast of Tasmania , Australia. The island is separated from the Tasmanian mainland by the D'Entrecasteaux Channel , and its east coast lies within
527-522: The State Government. Since 1954, four vessels have operated the Bruny Island Ferry service between the island and Kettering on the mainland. The service currently uses the vessel, Mirambeena , which is plied by a Voith-Schneider propulsion system rather than a conventional propeller . There is a public Airfield, Bruny Island Airport located on North Bruny, just north of The Neck, however
558-408: The far southeast corner of the island. Almost all settlements on South Bruny were originally opened as timber ports, owned by the different timber companies operating on the island. Lunawanna (formerly Daniels Bay), Alonnah (formerly Mills Reef) and Adventure Bay were some of the largest ports operating on the island. At Daniels Bay, the settlement was separated from the timber jetty as the tramway
589-551: The feral cat population on the island, which had been steadily growing over the last decade. Local residents opened an inquiry into the sudden large number of feral cats, concerned this spike in numbers may have adverse affects on the environment and wildlife. Initial findings suggest the feral cats migrated from the Eastern Shore of Tasmania, namely the Howrah/Tranmere region. An alternative view taken by some wildlife ecologists
620-429: The fourth in all of Australia, and was the longest continuously staffed lighthouse in the country until it was automated in 1993. It was removed from service in 1996, and became part of the South Bruny National Park in 2000. Guided tours of the structure are available. In 2010/11, overall visitors to Bruny Island increased 4% to 74,600. The island is primarily a day-trip destination with only 21,800 visitors staying on
651-744: The island overnight. There are a growing number of tourism businesses on the island including a cheese factory, oyster farm, vineyard, smoke-house, lighthouse, museum, art gallery, two eco-cruises along with various accommodation properties and cafes. Bruny Island is divided into eleven bounded localities. The two largest by area are North Bruny and South Bruny which consist of national park, state forest and some grazing areas and do not have postcodes . On North Bruny there are five populated coastal enclaves: Apollo Bay , Barnes Bay , Dennes Point , Great Bay and Killora . On South Bruny there are four: Adventure Bay , Alonnah , Lunawanna and Simpsons Bay . James Kelly (Australian explorer) James Kelly
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#1733093493957682-546: The island, including wet sclerophyll forest, coastal healthland and dry sclerophyll forests. A key contributor to Bruny Island's economy is its growing tourism industry. Being home to the South Bruny National Park , tourism on the island centres on the showcase of its natural assets. The Cape Bruny Lighthouse , first lit in 1838, is an iconic Australian lighthouse. It was the third lighthouse built in Tasmania, and
713-400: The second half of the century. Even though "Cooktown" was marked on maps as early as the 1840s, the island was not officially opened up to European settlement until the late 1800s when the timber industry took off. South Bruny was opened up by numerous tramways and haulages, some horse-drawn and some using modified locomotives. The longest and best-preserved tramway runs from Adventure Bay to
744-563: The secondary penal station on Maria Island . Business interests, mostly in whaling, banking and insurance, saw him resign from Government service in the late 1820s. Kelly's wife died in 1831 and two sons drowned in 1841 and 1842, respectively. He was financially ruined by the economic depression of the early 1840s and spent most of the remainder of his life back in the employ of the port authorities. He died suddenly in Hobart on 20 April 1859, survived by only three of his ten children. Kelly's name
775-464: The small runway is mostly suited to small planes, and there are no scheduled flights. The d'Entrecastaux Channel region, sheltered by Bruny Island, is increasingly subject to foreshore erosion. Some areas have begun sandbagging to reduce the effects. Cape Bruny has a cool oceanic climate ( Köppen : Cfb ) with mild, relatively dry summers that are frequently affected by cold fronts and cool, wet winters. An unprecedented event on 15 November 2021 saw
806-406: Was born on 24 December 1791 at Parramatta, New South Wales . He was probably the son of James Kelly, a cook in the convict transport Queen , and Catherine Devereaux, a convict transported for life from Dublin in the same ship. Kelly was first apprenticed as a seaman in 1804 and sailed in vessels engaged in the sealing and sandalwood trades as well as making a voyage to India . In 1812, he
837-579: Was chief officer of the full-rigged ship Campbell Macquarie on a sealing voyage when the ship was wrecked on Macquarie Island . He became the first Australian-born master mariner with voyages in the sealing industry and general trade between Hobart and Sydney. In 1814, he was master of the Henrietta Packet , a schooner owned by Thomas William Birch . carrying passengers and cargo between colonial ports. In December 1815, Kelly left Hobart in command of an expedition to circumnavigate Tasmania using
868-402: Was forced to trace along the south side of the bay in order to reach deep water, as most of Daniels Bay was too shallow to bring boats in. Most settlements of South Bruny now serve as shack towns or holiday locations. Since the 1920s, the island has become known as a holiday location with surfing beaches, National Parks and historical sites. In more recent history the Bruny Island was the site of
899-524: Was known as Bruni Island until 1918, when the spelling was changed to Bruny. Whaling was conducted off the coast of Bruny Island in the first half of the 19th century. The British whaler, Alexander , was reported to be whaling in Adventure Bay in 1804. In 1805, the British whalers Richard and Mary , Ocean and the Sydney whaler King George were reported there in the winter months. The American whaler Topaz
930-507: Was originally inhabited by Aboriginal Tasmanians , and there is still a large community of people living on the island who identify as Aboriginal. Abel Tasman was the first recorded European to sight the island in November 1642. On 11 March 1773, Tobias Furneaux was the first British explorer to reach the island, and anchored at Adventure Bay (named after his ship) for four days; four years later on 26 January 1777 James Cook 's two ships,
961-486: Was there in 1807. Colonial entrepreneurs also operated shore-based whaling stations there. Bethune and Kelly had a station operating in Adventure Bay by August 1826. Kelly and Lucas had another at Bull Bay. Young and Walford had one at Trumpeter Bay. Alexander Imlay applied for a site as a whaling station at Cloudy Bay in 1837, and Brown and Rogers did the same in 1842. These stations had all ceased operating by 1850, although whaling vessels sometimes anchored offshore in