George+Bass

====George Bass was a teenager when he studied to be a naval surgeon. He was interested in the explorers who explored the Pacific area. The Reliance ship was going to New South Wales so he got transferred to the ship. On the ship he met Matthew Flinders who had the same dream and became friends instantly. ==== ====George Bass and Matthew Flinders are good friend and went on many trips together. On the first trip George Bass had a little vessel that's only 1.5 metres long, it's also called The Tom Thumb. ==== ====George Bass and Matthew Flinders travelled around the coast of Tasmania southward,while George Bass was there, he studied the calm wind and tides in the new area. George Bass thought that Tasmania was separated from it's homeland and now the strait between Tasmania and Australia is called Bass Strait. ==== ====Since Gorvener John Hunter was glad about the first trip so he gave them a bigger vessel that's 4.5 metres long, they wanted to call the vessel Tom Thumb II because they liked Tom Thumb, and they called the vessel Tom Thumb II. ==== ====On the second voyage George Bass and Matthew Flinders took a cabin boy as a servant for George Bass. The other items they took is bread, meat and watermelons enough to last them ten days.Within two days large waves came charging into the vessel, but they still survived it, but the fifth day they were forced to go back because of low supplies and the Tom Thumb II was started to break. ====
 * ====George Bass was born on 30th of January 1771 and died on 5th of February 1803. ====

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 * ===A lot of places was named after George Bass like the Bass Strait, in Victoria there's a town called Bass, also a school called Bass high school, near Phillip island there's a place called Bass court, Victoria has a river called Bass river, Tasmania has a highway called Bass highway, a Fedral and a State electoral divisons of Bass, in New South Wales there's a headland called Bass Point and Bass hill and also a Sydney Suburb, he is also on a 50 cent piece. === || [[image:cathymwps/george_bass.gif]] ||


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 * # ====What was the purpose of the first voyage?====
 * 1) ====Who gave the Tom Thumb II to George Bass?====
 * 2) ====How did Matthew Flinders and George Bass meet?====
 * 3) ====What was the link between John Hunter and George Bass?====
 * 4) ====Why did George Bass call the boat Tom Thumb II?====
 * 5) ====What did George Bass do before he explored Tasmania?====
 * 6) ====Who came with George Bass on the second voyage?====
 * 7) ====What was the reasons behind Tom Thumb II getting it's name?====
 * 8) ====Why did George Bass proved Tasmania was a island?====
 * 9) ====How did Phillip island gets it name?==== || # ====Because George Bass liked exploring.====
 * 10) ====John Hunter gave Tom Thumb II to George Bass because he was glad about the first voyage.====
 * 11) ====They met on the Reliance ship and both had the same dream and became friends.====
 * 12) ====John Hunter is a surgeon and a royal navy and George Bass was also a surgeon .====
 * 13) ====It was called Tom Thumb II because George Bass was proud with Tom Thumb.====
 * 14) ====He was studding to be a naval surgeon.====
 * 15) ====Matthew Flinders, William Martian, bread, meat and watermelons enough for ten days.====
 * 16) ====Tom Thumb was very small it was like the size of a thumb.====
 * 17) ====So that later the maps will be correct====
 * 18) ====Firstly George Bass discovered Phillip island but called it Snapper island then Arthur Phillip came and named it Phillip Island.==== ||

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