NEW SOUTH WALES: Matthew Flinders & the Coastal Landforms of SE Australia

	New South Wales Sites				(colonial jig)
Major NSW Bays	Botany Bay - Port Hacking page examines - key features (physical and historical) of explorations of important bays south of Sydney (Botany Bay, discovered and named by Cook), Port Hacking (explored by Bass & Flinders) - Tom Thumb I & II expeditions events: with Bass, on early trips by small boat MAP
Port Jackson	Port Jackson - Sydney page examines - the prominent Sydney cliffs, composed mainly of horizontally-bedded, vertically-jointed sandstone, with numerous smaller physical features of interest - Expedition events: Flinders' Australian explorations used Sydney as home port MAP
Blue Mountains	Blue Mountains page examines - landforms developed upon a nearly horizontal sedimentary plateau - Flinders' recouperation in 1803 and the inspection of HMS Investigator MAP go to Flinders expedition conclusion activities
Port Hunter	Newcastle - Port Hunter page examines - physical features of the Newcastle coastline (including soft sediments), and relationship between area's physical features, port, history and economy - Norfolk / Investigator expeditions events: Flinders passed by this area MAP
Tweed Volcano	Tweed Volcano [Mt Warning] page examines - volcanic features forming part of the eastern Australian 'Hot Spot' volcanic zone, including remnant plug of Mt Warning and lava flows in district - Norfolk / Investigator expeditions events: checking Cook's work MAP
'Tom Thumb'	'Tom Thumb Story' [Wattamolla Beach - Lake Illawarra] page examines - sedimentary coastline south of Sydney, lagoon with sandy entrance - Tom Thumb expedition events: saved from storm destruction by sheltering at Wattamolla Beach (Providential Cove), entered Lake Illawarra in the company of local aborigines MAP
	Around Australia: 'Investigator' map 'Tom Thumb' map		WHAT is it? (Quiz) WHERE is it? (Quiz)			Landform definitions
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				NSW Themes: NSW Coastal Lagoons Key Biodiversity Issues: NSW Vegetation Terms & Types: NSW Fire: Both Friend and Foe