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François Péron
The French naturalist and zoologist François Péron accompanied the expedition of Nicolas Baudin along the western coast of Australia in 1801. (Wikipedia)
Cape Peron, aka Point Peron, is named for him.
References and Links
Konishi, Shino 2009, 'François Péron and the Tasmanians: an unrequited romance', Inside Story.
This page incorporates material from Garry Gillard's Freotopia website, that he started in 2014 and the contents of which he donated to Wikimedia Australia in 2024. The content was originally created on 31 December, 2023 and hosted at freotopia.org/people/peronfrancois.html (it was last updated on 31 December, 2023), and has been edited since it was imported here (see page history). The donated data is also preserved in the Internet Archive's collection.