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Anchor Islands
HISTORY
Anchor Islands (Sir James Smith group)
The Australia Pilot defines the Anchor Islands sub-group of the Sir James Smith
group as containing Anvil, Bellows and Pincer Islets, Forge
Rocks, Anchorsmith, Blacksmith, Hammer and Ladysmith
islands.
The name first appeared on chart BA347 in 1882 and probably was given by Staff Commander E. P. Bedwell, RN, during his surveys of the late 1870s in SS Llewellyn when he gave most of the individual names to the Sir James Smith group. It derives from the fact that the area to the west of the group is well protected in south-east winds, and charts as far back as 1847 (BA1075) show it as a recommended anchorage.
It was here the Nightingale sheltered from a cyclone in February 1864, though she was caught on a lee shore and wrecked on Hammer Island when the winds swung to the north-west as the cyclone passed by.
The Information on the Whitsunday Islands is reproduced by kind permission of Mr. Ray Blackwood from his book:
" The Whitsunday Islands An Historical Dictionary ".
Please visit his site here. It is well worth the time!
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