‘The First Navigation of Torres Strait’

Captain Brett Hilder first published in 1973 his controversial theory that Torres used Endeavour Strait on his famous and perilous voyage through the intricate waters of the strait that now bears his name. This was the subject of his Macquarie University thesis of 1976, The voyage of Torres along the southern coast of New Guinea in 1606 and he has summarised his findings in a paper published in the September 1977 issue of this Journal. It now seems essential to question the validity of some of his assertions.</jats:p

[Bookplate for Russell Roxburgh] [picture] /

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The arrival of the convict ship Surry in Sydney Harbour [picture] /

Title from inscription below image.; Signed l.r.; S3861

H.M. Bark Endeavour [picture] /

Signed l.r. below plate mark.; Inscription below plate mark: Botany Bay welcome.; Number 4 of the series: Old ship etchings.; Edition: 20/50.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an6152165; S3833

H.M.S. Dolphin arriving at Tahiti, 24 June, 1769 [picture] /

Title from inscription below image.; Signed l.r.; S3853

Bounty [picture] /

Signed l.r. below plate mark.; Inscription below plate mark: Sea ruffians.; Number 7 in the series: Old ship etchings.; Edition: 18/50.; S3835

Luis Vaes de Torres, 1606 [picture] /

Signed l.r.; Inscribed below plate mark: Torres passing New Guinea, Geoffrey C. Ingleton.; "Artists proof H".; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an6152180; S3837

Waiting the ebb, Heemskerck, Batavia, 1642 [picture] /

Signed l.r.; Inscription below plate mark: Waiting the ebb.; Number 1 of the series: Old ship etchings.; Edition: 12/50.; S3832

Victoria passes the Niger, New Zealand, Nov. 1860 [picture] /

Title from inscription below image.; Signed l.r.; Also available in an electronic version via the Internet at: http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an6153038; S3852