Kangaroo island

Cap Delambre
Baudin's name for Kangaroo Head on Kangaroo Island.

Horner, Frank, French reconnaissance : Baudin in Australia 1801-1803 , Melbourne, 1987, p. 225.


Detroit de Colbert
Freycinet's name for the Backstairs Passage between Kangaroo Island and Fleurieu Peninsula.

Scott, Ernest, Terre Napoleon a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia, London, 1910, p.71

Detroit de Lacepede
Freycinet's name for Investigator Strait between Kangaroo Island and Yorke Peninsula.

Scott, Ernest, Terre Napoleon a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia, London, 1910, p.71


Queenscliffe
Originally known as Angus, after George Fife Angus, it later became known as Kingscote after Henry Kingscote, a director of the South Australian Land Company. On Kangaroo island.

NRMA, Holiday Guide 13vols, vol.11, Sydney, 1997-1999, p.217.


Three Wells River
Now called the Cygnet River after the ship Cygnet an early visitor to South Australia. On Kangaroo Island.

Cockburn, Rodney, Nomenclature of South Australia, Adelaide, 1908, p.26