Year
1841
Description
Nullabor explorer Edward John Eyre, with aboriginal guide Wylie, came overland from Adelaide. They were at the point of death from thirst and starvation, and were saved by Englishman Captain Thomas Rossiter of the French whaler 'Mississippi'. They were able to complete the remaining 500km of their trek to Albany. On rowing them ashore Rossiter gave Eyre and Wylie some letters to post in Albany and six bottles of cognac
Eyre named the site of this rescue Rossiter Bay.
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