 Cook's "Resolution" watered there in 1777, followed by William Bligh aboard in 1788 and in 1792.Others who resupplied their vessels in the bay in this period included Bruni d'Entrecasteaux aboard "Recherche" in 1792 and 1793, and Nicolas Baudin in the corvette "Géographe" in 1802.Matthew Flinders also tried to enter the bay with "Norfolk" in 1798.