Champion (schooner)

H.M. Colonial Schooner Champion was in service with the Colony of Western Australia from 1836 until 1852.[1]

Champion Bay, Geraldton, Western Australia was named after her by Lieutenant John Lort Stokes of HMS Beagle, who surveyed the area in April 1840.[2] George Fletcher Moore had travelled in Champion to the region and first located the bay in January of that year.[3][4]

  1. ^ Dedman, Roy (December 1995). "H. M. Colonial Schooner CHAMPION" (PDF). Maritime Heritage Association Journal. 6 (4). Fremantle, WA: Maritime Heritage Association, Inc.: 9–13.
  2. ^ Stokes, John Lort (1846). "Chapter 5: Victoria River to Swan River". Discoveries in Australia, with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of the Beagle, 1837–1843, Volume 2. London: T and W. Boone. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  3. ^ "Expedition to the Northwest". The Perth Gazette and Western Australian Journal. 8 February 1840. p. 23. Retrieved 6 November 2014.
  4. ^ Kimberly, Warren Bert (1897). "13. Land Laws; Exploration; Australiand Settlement 1839-1842". History of West Australia. Melbourne: F. W. Niven & Co. Retrieved 22 April 2014.