[DOC] [TLE] George Bass - Wikipedia [PAR] George Bass (30 January 1771  after 5 February 1803) was a British naval 
surgeon and explorer of Australia. ... His belief that a strait separated the 
mainland from Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) was ... In the course of this 
voyage Bass visited the estuary of the Derwent River, found and named by 
Captain John Hayes... [DOC] [TLE] Bass Strait | strait, Australia | Britannica.com [PAR] Oct 29, 2015 ... Bass Strait, channel separating Victoria, Australia, from the island of Tasmania on 
the south. ... The strait was named in 1798 by the English navigator Matthew 
Flinders for the surgeon-explorer George Bass. Bass Strait .... The group is 
composed of two widely separated subgroups approximately 500 miles. [DOC] [TLE] Global Trivia Fun Facts | Page 2 | World - FunTrivia.com [PAR] Which island is separated from the British mainland by the Menai Strait? ... Bass 
Strait separates mainland Australia from which other land mass? Answer: 
Tasmania. Bass Strait was named after British naval surgeon and explorer 
George Bass. ... the waters between the mainland state of Victoria and Van 
Diemen's Land,... [DOC] [TLE] Ask Me A Trivia Question -- 2 -- - Discussion on Topix [PAR] May 5, 2011 ... Principal islands of this chain include Andros, the Biminis & New Providence. 
Reply . Report Abuse Judge ... Named for a surgeon-explorer, the Bass Strait 
separates Victoria, Australia from this island. Reply . Report Abuse... [DOC] [TLE] Bass and Flinders - My Place for teachers [PAR] Australia in the 1790s ... Flinders and Bass believed that Van Diemen's Land was 
separated from the mainland by a ... The explorers circumnavigated Van 
Diemen's Land proving that it was an island. ... Governor John Hunter (1737
1821) named Bass Strait in honour of George Bass. ... (State Library of Victoria, 
H84.461/3). [DOC] [TLE] Bass Strait -- Britannica Academic [PAR] Bass Strait, channel separating Victoria, Australia, from the island of ... in 1798 by 
the English navigator Matthew Flinders for the surgeon-explorer George Bass. [DOC] [TLE] 120 140 20 20 40 40 140 120 Tropic of Capricorn Pacific Ocean ... [PAR] The sea was named after the Dutch explorer Abel Janszoon Tasman, discoverer 
... to the east of the Australian states New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania. ... 
Bass Strait is a sea strait separating Tasmania from the south of the ... It is thought 
that early humans reached Australia by "island-hopping" across the Timor Sea. [DOC] [TLE] Australia - Facts for Now - Scholastic [PAR] Australia's name is derived from the Latin word for "southern." The name ... South 
Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, and Western Australia. ..... In 1798, 
George Bass, a naval surgeon and explorer, sailed along the southern coast. ... 
Bass Strait, which separates the island from the mainland, was named after him. [DOC] [TLE] Biography - George Bass - Australian Dictionary of Biography [PAR] National Archives of Australia, A1200:L24699. George Bass (1771-1803), 
surgeon and sailor, was born on 30 January 1771 at Aswarby ... guided them to 
Lake Illawarra, the islands named after Martin who baled for dear life in a storm, 
... the direction of the tides that a strait separated the mainland from Van 
Diemen's Land. [DOC] [TLE] Sunrise - Bass Strait Oz | Sailing | Pinterest | Bass and Dr. Oz [PAR] Bass Strait, Tasmania Sea kayakers under sail, Furneaux Islands, Bass Strait. ... 
disappeared flying over the Bass Strait which was named after the Explorer. ... 
Sailing up the Mersey River into Bass Strait, then to Melbourne. Victoria. Australia
. ... in fact separated from the Aussie mainland by the wild waters of Bass Strait. [DOC] [TLE] Mapping Australia's coastline | australia.gov.au [PAR] Jan 8, 2010 ... The peoples of the Torres Strait Islands are sea-faring people known for their 
navigation skills. .... In 1798, together with his childhood friend and doctor George 
Bass, ... but separated by a strait which was then named in honour of Bass. ...

Question: Named for a surgeon-explorer, the Bass Strait separates Victoria, Australia from this island
Answer: Tasmania