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October 2010

Contents
1President's Corner
Ted Tierney summarises recent past and future branch activities
2Commemorating the 350th anniversary of the Royal Society
Information about a new exhibition in Sydney and online.
3Cook's Rare Scurvy Grass Found in New Zealand
How a near extinct plant used by Cook has been found growing still.
4A Meeting with the 1770 Festival coordinator
CCS-A secretary Len Harrow meets Denise Wild, co-ordinator of the annual festival at the town of 1770.
5Regional Meeting NSW
Report on the activities of 19 August 2010 in Sydney.
6A CCS Member Introduces Herself
CCS-A treasurer, Jenny Elliston, describes how she found out about her gtx4 grandfather, William Wales, astronomer on Cook's Second Voyage.
7Looking for a Christmas present
suggestions of two books.
8Regio Patalis: Australia on the Map in 1531?
Does an old map show Australia?
9Victoria Regional Meeting
Report on the activities of 23 September 2010 in Mount Waverley.
10A tribute to Sir Joseph Carruthers (1857-1932)
His connections to Captain Cook's Landing Place at Kurnell and Cook's statues in London and Hawai'i.
11Captain Cook remembered at Norfolk Island
Photographs from a recent visit to the Captain Cook monument on the island discovered by Cook in 1774.
12Observations from the Deck
Experiences from a voyage in the Endeavour replica, 2006.

Endeavour Lines - 2010: October

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