Kent Group
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The Kent Group of Islands (<ref>Kent Group page at Geoscience Australia</ref>) lies in Bass Strait, Australia, north-west of the Furneaux Group. They form the Kent Group National Park.<ref>Kent Group National Park page at the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service</ref>
The islands were named Kent's Group by Matthew Flinders, "in honour of my friend captain William Kent, then commander of the Supply" when Flinders passed them on 7 February 1798 in the Francis (on her way to salvage the Sydney Cove).<ref name="flinders">A Voyage to Terra Australis by Matthew Flinders, available freely at Project Gutenberg</ref>
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[edit] Deal Island
Deal Island (<ref>Deal Island page at Geoscience Australia</ref>) in the group has the highest lighthouse in the Southern Hemisphere, standing up on the island some 305 metres above sealevel. That height caused problems with visibility in low cloud sometimes. The lighthouse was built in 1848 and deactivated in 1992. Management and conservation is presently under the control of the Tasmanian Parks and Wildlife Service.<ref>Deal Island lighthouse page at Lighthouses of Australia (includes pictures)</ref>
[edit] Judgment Rocks
Judgment Rocks (<ref>Judgment Rocks page at Geoscience Australia</ref>) are small bare rocks west of the group. The rock was named by Flinders (or perhaps collectively by all aboard the Francis, he doesn't make that clear) "from its resemblance to an elevated seat".<ref name="flinders"/>
Joanna Murray-Smith's novel Judgement Rock is named for the rocks and set among the islands of the Kent Group.<ref>On lighthouses and writing presentation by Joanna Murray-Smith (transcript at the National Archives of Australia)</ref>
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