Prior to 1836

A comprehensive collection of articles on the extraordinary history of Kangaroo Island, prior to 1836.

See also Before 1836 which shows a collection of newspaper articles between 1804 and 1836, mainly about visiting ships.

See also articles available on the Useful Links page.

• The Mysteries of Karta (alias Kangaroo Island): Creation, Colonisers and Crusoes, Gordon Copland, 2002

• Was Kangaroo Island Ever Populated? - it wasn't until 1901 that scientists started to understand the prior existence of aborigines

• Extracts from the diary of Nicolas Baudin 1802-1803 

• Extracts from the diary of Matthew Flinders 1802

• Encounter 1802-2002  Celebrating Flinders' and Baudin's expeditions in search of the "unknown" southern coast of Australia

• Abyssinian Jack John Anderson 

• Early European interaction with Aboriginal hunters and gatherers on Kangaroo Island, South Australia  P. A. Clarke

• Captain Sutherland's appraisal of Kangaroo Island from his seven month visit in 1819. Was he wearing rose-coloured glasses? This what he wrote in 1831.

• On Kangaroo Island and Runaways in the Straits. Newspaper account 10 June 1826

• The murder of George  Meredith. Newspaper account 24 Sep 1844.