Australia — Bass Strait, Banks Strait (1842) Finish:Canvas fortified citadels

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Covering Auvergne Station and the surrounding Victoria River District at the Northern Territory–Western Australia border

🗺️ Transverse Mercator — Clean bearings for reliable plotting and GPS cross-checks

Every chart is carefully handled and checked—ready for real boating use in sensitive reef environments

Australia — Bass Strait, Banks Strait (1842) Finish:Canvas fortified citadelsAustralia Bass Strait, Banks Strait (1842) The Admiralty chart that unlocked Tasmanias eastern gateway Between the islands of northeast Tasmania and the reefs of Bass Strait lies Banks Strait a narrow, tide swept passage that was once one of the most dangerous navigational bottlenecks in southern Australia. This remarkable 1842 British Admiralty chart, surveyed by Commander John Lort Stokes, RN, captures the moment when this perilous strait was