Cape Barren Island

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Today the residents of Cape Barren Island consist of an Aboriginal community of approximately 70 people. Most of the residents are descended from a community of mixed descent (European and Aboriginal people) who had originally settled on Flinders Island but relocated to Cape Barren Island in the late 1870s.
The island can be reached by air from either Melbourne, Victoria or Launceston, Tasmania to Flinders Island. From Flinders Island, Cape Barren island is only a short boat or plane trip away. Cape Barren, with the other islands in the Furneaux Group, are a popular destination for sea kayakers who attempt the crossing of Bass Strait from the Australian mainland at Wilson's Promontory, Victoria to the Tasmanian mainland.

Cape Barren Island
9.3.1773. Furneaux. The island upon which Cape Barren was located.