User:Catnip Chaos/Smooth Island Timeline

History of Smooth Island

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1793 - Smooth Island discovered by Jean-Baptiste Philibert Willaumez

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15 Dec 1798 - Matthew Flinders is the first Anglo-Saxon to step foot on the island

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22 April 1804 - Eleven Irish prisoners are caught plotting to plunder Risdon Cove, eight of them are marooned on Smooth Island

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1824 - Island mapped by Thomas Scott who labels it Garden Island

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15 Feb 1836 - Smooth Island defined as lying within the county of Pembroke

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17 Sep 1839 - Smooth Island is offered for sale as part of the 'Estate of Fulham'. Captain Charles O'Hara Booth unsuccessfully attempts to acquire the island as it is Crown Land

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21 Apr 1864 - Smooth Island is auctioned off to Thomas Gabriel Reid for £155

Ordered History of Smooth Island