Australia Highseas

The eastern waters of Tasmania face the Tasman Sea, where Oyster Bay and the granite headlands of the Freycinet coast break the open swell. Paredarerme people of the Oyster Bay group lived along these shores, fishing the coast and crossing to offshore islands when the water allowed. Whalers and sealers worked this coast in the early 1800s, and their visits brought new contact between the coastal communities and outsiders.