The seventeen men that had set out…

The seventeen men that had set out from the wreck of the Sydney Cove have few provisions and no ammunition, and fatigue and hunger lessens their number as they march.

They encounter along the way various aboriginal people, some friendly and some not.

The last of the party to die on the march is killed by a man Dilba and his people near Hat Hill.

Those people have a reputation around Port Jackson for being ferocious.

Matthew Flinders and George Bass had feared for their safety when they encountered Dilba the previous year.

Clark, during the march, notes coal in the cliffs at what is now called Coalcliff between Sydney and Wollongong.

This is the first coal found in Australia.