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On 28 February 1797, leaving about 30 survivors with the wreckage, a party of seventeen men set off on <!-- one page of the Parks & Wildlife site says 27 Feb, another says 28 Feb --> in the ship's longboat to reach help at [[Port Jackson]], {{convert|400|nmi|km}} away. This was led by first mate Hugh Thompson, and included William Clark (the [[supercargo]]), three European seamen, and twelve Indian [[lascar]]s (sailors). Ill fortune struck again and they were wrecked on the mainland at the northern end of [[Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria|Ninety Mile Beach]]. Their only hope was to walk along the shore all the way to Sydney, a distance of over 600 kilometres. |
On 28 February 1797, leaving about 30 survivors with the wreckage, a party of seventeen men set off on <!-- one page of the Parks & Wildlife site says 27 Feb, another says 28 Feb --> in the ship's longboat to reach help at [[Port Jackson]], {{convert|400|nmi|km}} away. This was led by first mate Hugh Thompson, and included William Clark (the [[supercargo]]), three European seamen, and twelve Indian [[lascar]]s (sailors). Ill fortune struck again and they were wrecked on the mainland at the northern end of [[Ninety Mile Beach, Victoria|Ninety Mile Beach]]. Their only hope was to walk along the shore all the way to Sydney, a distance of over 600 kilometres. |
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They had few provisions and no ammunition, and fatigue and hunger lessened their number as they marched. Along the way they encountered various [[Indigenous Australians|aboriginal people]], some friendly, some not. The last of the party to die on the march was killed by a man named 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 |
They had few provisions and no ammunition, and fatigue and hunger lessened their number as they marched. Along the way they encountered various [[Indigenous Australians|aboriginal people]], some friendly, some not. The last of the party to die on the march was killed by a man named 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. |
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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. |
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. |