Place Names Register Extract

Peron Islands

Extract date: 13/03/2025

Name	Peron Islands
Type Designation	Island Group
Place Id	20863
Place Type	Feature
Status	Recorded
Date Registered
Location (Datum GDA94)
	Latitude: -13° 11' S (Decimal degrees -13.192564)
	Longitude: 130° 03' E (Decimal degrees 130.051137)
Locality / Suburb
	Rakula
Local Government Area

History/Origin	PP King records (on 2 September 1819) the naming of Peron Island by Nicolas Baudin in June, 1803. He compared his longitude with Baudin, who is believed to have named the Island after Francois Peron, the French naturalist who was accompanying Baudin on the "Naturalist". However, there is no mention of Baudin naming the island in Christine Cornell translation of "The Journal of Post Captain Nicolas Baudin" Libraries Board of South Australia, 1974.

Register & Gazettal information

Date	Gazettal	Comment
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