G. E. Richards
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G. E. Richards, was a commander of the survey ship HMQS Paluma
which in the late 19th century surveyed the Great Barrier Reef
in Queensland
, Australia
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Richards served aboard the schooner in 1878, and HMQS Paluma in 1887. He was commanding officer of surveying the Strait of Belle Isle in 1897.
The 1887 voyage named the following places:
HMQS Paluma
HMQS Paluma was a flat-iron gunboat operated by the Queensland Maritime Defence Force and later the Royal Australian Navy...
which in the late 19th century surveyed the Great Barrier Reef
Great Barrier Reef
The Great Barrier Reef is the world'slargest reef system composed of over 2,900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2,600 kilometres over an area of approximately...
in Queensland
Queensland
Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
, Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
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Richards served aboard the schooner in 1878, and HMQS Paluma in 1887. He was commanding officer of surveying the Strait of Belle Isle in 1897.
The 1887 voyage named the following places:
- Cid Harbour 1887
- Orpheus Island 1887
- Pioneer BayPioneer BayPioneer Bay is a waterway in Qikiqtaaluk Region, Nunavut, Canada. It lies off the southwestern coast of Devon Island in the eastern high Arctic. Like Baring Bay to the south and Prince Alfred Bay to the north, it is an arm of Wellington Channel.-History:...
- Acacia Island
- Mausoleum Island
- Combe Island
- Paluma Rock in the Palm IslandsPalm IslandsThe Palm Islands are an artificial archipelago in Dubai, United Arab Emirates on which major commercial and residential infrastructures will be constructed...