Ferries of Australia - Bass Strait Ferries, Tt-Line Company, Hmas Jervis Bay, Devonport, Tasmania, Dee Why Ferry, Station Pier (Paperback)

Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 33. Chapters: Bass Strait ferries, TT-Line Company, HMAS Jervis Bay, Devonport, Tasmania, Dee Why ferry, Station Pier, MS Princess Seaways, List of Australian ferries, MS Mega Express Four, Dangar Island, Australian National Lines, HSC INCAT 046, HSC Condor 10, Greycliffe disaster, MS Abel Tasman, MS Spirit of Tasmania II, HSC Manannan, SS Taroona, HSV-X1 Joint Venture, HMAS Kuttabul, MV Queenscliff, Wisemans Ferry, Mortlake Ferry, Bruny Island Ferry, MV Sorrento, Balgowlah, SS South Steyne, MV Cartela, Peninsula Princess, MV Lady Cutler, Wymah Ferry, Sackville Ferry, MV Perth, MV Manly, The Bluebell Collision, Webbs Creek Ferry, Speewa Ferry, HMAS Burra Bra, Lower Portland Ferry, Berowra Waters Ferry, Daintree River Ferry, Lawrence Ferry, Hawkesbury River Ferries, Ulmarra Ferry, MS Princess of Tasmania, MS Empress of Australia, Church Point Ferry, Auto Express 86 Class, SS Loongana, The Brothers. Excerpt: Bass Strait ( ) is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the Australian mainland, specifically the state of Victoria. The International Hydrographic Organization defines the limits of the Bass Strait as follows: On the West. The Eastern limit of the Great Australian Bight . On the East. The Western limit of the Tasman Sea between Gabo Island and Eddystone Point Barren Island, and from Cape Barren (the Easternmost point of Barren Island) to Eddystone Point (41 S) in Tasmania]. The strait was named after George Bass after he and Matthew Flinders passed through it while circumnavigating Van Diemen's Land (now named Tasmania) in the Norfolk in 1798-99. At Flinders' recommendation the Governor of New South Wales, John Hunter, in 1800 named the stretch of water between the mainland and Van Diemen's Land "Basses Strait." Later it became known as Bass Strait. The existence of the strait had been suggested in 1797 by the ma...