posted on 2023-11-22, 08:00authored byJulian Edmund Tenison Woods
Note.—All the measurements are given in French millimetres, and the greatest measurement in each direction is always meant. The letters N., S., E., and W. will be used to denote, the north, south, east, and west coasts of the island respectively; B. St., Bass' Straits; S.E.A., South-east Australia, as far as Port Jackson inclusive; E.A., the whole of the East Australian coast; S.A., the whole of the South Australian coast as far as Spencer's Gulf; W.A., Western Australia, as far as Swan River; V. will mean Victoria from Cape Howe to Portland Bay.
History
Publication title
Papers & Proceedings and Report of the Royal Society of Tasmania
Pagination
26-57
Rights statement
In 1843 the Horticultural and Botanical Society of Van Diemen's Land was founded and became the Royal Society of Van Diemen's Land for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science in 1844. In 1855 its name changed to Royal Society of Tasmania for Horticulture, Botany, and the Advancement of Science. In 1911 the name was shortened to Royal Society of Tasmania..