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|area_km2 =82 |country = Australia |country admin divisions title = State |country admin divisions = Tasmania |population =1 }} Part of the Furneaux Group, Clarke Island (also known by its indigenous name of Lungtalanana Island) has an area of and is located off the northeast coast of Tasmania, south of Cape Barren Island. Off its west coast lies the shipwreck of ''HMS Litherland'', which sank in 1853 and was discovered in 1983. Clarke Island is Tasmania's eighth largest island. It is currently owned by Connor Bradley. ==History== On 28 February 1797, the Sydney Cove, en route from Calcutta to Port Jackson sailed into Banks Strait in strong winds and ran aground between Preservation Island and Rum Island.〔Nash, M. "(Maritime Archaeology Monograph and Reports Series No.2 - Investigation of a Survivors Camp from the Sydney Cove Shipwreck )." Master of Maritime Archaeology Thesis. Department of Archaeology, Flinders University, South Australia. 2004. Accessed 30 December 2009.〕 A party of seventeen men set off on 28 February 1797 in the ship's longboat to reach help at Port Jackson, away. This was led by first mate Hugh Thompson, and included William Clark the supercargo, three European seaman and twelve lascars. Ill fortune struck again and they were wrecked on the mainland at the northern end of Ninety Mile Beach. Their only hope was to walk along the shore all the way to Sydney, a distance of over 600 kilometres. They had few provisions and no ammunition, and fatigue and hunger lessened their number as they marched. Along the way they encountered various aboriginal people, some friendly and some not. The last of the party to die on the march was killed by a man Dilba and his people near Hat Hill. Those people had a reputation around Port Jackson for being ferocious. Matthew Flinders and George Bass had feared for their safety when they encountered Dilba the previous year. In May 1797 the three survivors of the march, William Clark, sailor John Bennet and one lascar had made it to the cove at Wattamolla and, on 15 May 1797, with their strength nearly at an end they were able to signal a boat out fishing, which took them on to Sydney. On the march Clark had noted coal in the cliffs at what is now called Coalcliff between Sydney and Wollongong. This was the first coal found in Australia.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=The Sydney Cove (vessel): Diaries and Reports )〕 On arrival at Port Jackson, the men informed Governor Hunter of the Sydney Cove and its remaining crew. Hunter despatched the ''Francis'' and the ''Eliza'' to salvage the ship and take the remaining crew and cargo to Port Jackson.〔 On the first salvage trip,〔 the crew of the ''Francis'' discovered wombats on the island and a live animal was taken back to Port Jackson.〔 Matthew Flinders travelling on board the ''Francis'' on its third and final salvage trip also decided to take a wombat specimen from the island to Port Jackson. Governor Hunter later sent the animal's corpse to Joseph Banks at the Literary and Philosophical Society to verify it as a new species. The island was named Clarke island after William Clark〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Clarke Island (Tasmania)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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