Furneaux Islands, a group of barren islands in Bass Strait, between Australia and Tasmania, Flinders Island being the largest. About 300 people of mixed breed capture seals and sea-birds. Tobias Furneaux, one of Cook's captains, discovered the group in 1773.
Furneaux Islands
Chambers's Encyclopaedia, Volume 5: Friday to Humanitarians, p. 40
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