Independence
This cairn commemorates the building of the 35 ton schooner "Independence"
by American sealers and whalers and its launching near this point in 1804.
June 7, 1986
Presented by Cliff Hawkins Pty Ltd
Sydney Gazette and New South Wales Advertiser (NSW : 1803 - 1842), Sunday 8 January 1804, page 4SHIP NEWS.
On Friday arrived the Ship Union, Capt. PENDLETON, from New York, but last from Bass's Straits, whither she went to freight in Skins and Oil, and has procured between 5 and 6000 of the former. She left New York the 10th of October last, and wintered at Kangaroo Island, where she staid upwards of four months, during which interval Capt. Pendleton set about and built a small vessel, 30 tons burthen, named the Independence, now at Kangaroo Island, whither he intends shortly to sail, having touched at this Port only to refresh.