The name comes from a painted and carved post found by explorers at the junction of three local rivers.

The 'Rubies' were named after the garnets found by early explorers.

When asked by early white explorers, the tribe said their ancestors came from "up North".

It is mistaken for an island full of dinosaurs by explorers.

Attempts by early explorers to follow the valleys ended in sheer cliffs.

Last recorded in 18th century by Russian explorers.

Even its current outlet is intermittent and may not have been operating when first visited by Western explorers in 1858.

Humans only began to live there in 1897 with the establishment of a winter station by explorers.

This is the earliest recorded sighting of the volcano by European explorers.

Rottnest was often described as heavily wooded by early explorers.