Island in Tasmania, Australia
The Friars are four steep
dolerite rocks, with a combined area of about 17 ha (42 acres), in south-eastern
Australia. They are part of the Actaeon Island Group, lying close to the south-eastern coast of
Tasmania, at the southern entrance to the
D'Entrecasteaux Channel between
Bruny Island and the mainland. They form part of
South Bruny National Park.
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The group was named The Fryars by
Tobias Furneaux in
Adventure in March 1773.
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Fauna
Recorded breeding
seabird species are the
little penguin,
short-tailed shearwater,
fairy prion and
common diving-petrel. The
metallic skink is present.
Australian fur seals, and possibly
New Zealand fur seals, use the rocks as a regular
haul-out site.
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References
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b Brothers, Nigel; Pemberton, David; Pryor, Helen; & Halley, Vanessa. (2001). Tasmania’s Offshore Islands: seabirds and other natural features. Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery: Hobart.
ISBN
0-7246-4816-X
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Small Southern Islands Conservation Management Statement 2002 (PDF),
Tasmania Parks and Wildlife Service, 2002, archived from
the original (PDF) on 22 August 2006, retrieved 20 July 2006
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^ The Early History of Tasmania.By R.W.Giblin 1928, page 47
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Sprod, Dan (2005).
"Furneaux, Tobias (1735 - 1781)".
Australian Dictionary of Biography. National Centre of Biography,
Australian National University.
ISSN
1833-7538. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
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Cook, James;
Furneaux, Tobias (1777),
A voyage towards the South Pole, and round the world : performed in His Majesty's ships the Resolution and Adventure, in the years 1772, 1773, 1774, and 1775, Printed for W. Strahan and T. Cadell, Chapter VII, entry for March 1773
43°31′S 147°17′E / 43.517°S 147.283°E / -43.517; 147.283
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