Jar Island

Jar island was so named by the explorer Phillip Parker King for the Macassan pottery shards he found there. We were told this pile of rocks is an aboriginal grave site where the bodies were buried for 18 months or so while the spirit finds its way. Then the bones are removed and incarcerated in a manner appropriate to the totem of the individual.

Vansittart Bay and Jar Island

April 26th 2015
Geo: -14.1417, 126.25Today we went ashore at Vansittart Bay and had a short hike to a crashed DC 3 aircraft. Later in the morning we motored a short distance across the bay to Jar Island where we had a look at some rock painting "galleries".In the afternoon we commenced our 8 hour trip around Cape Voltare to Swift Bay. The wind was up and the seas were quite rough. Some of the pas ... read more

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Aboriginal settlers arrived on the continent from Southeast Asia about 40,000 years before the first Europeans began exploration in the 17th century. No formal territorial claims were made until 1770, when Capt. James COOK took possession in the name... ... read more

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