The two expeditions famously encountered each other in 1802 at what would be named Encounter Bay in South Australia, then Baudin continued westward, arriving at King George Sound in February 1803.
Encounter Bay Bob, as his name suggests, came from Encounter Bay (Victor Harbor) and was most likely a fully initiated elder Ramindjeri man.
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In June 1837, Colonel William Light led an overland expedition to arrest whalers who had been abducting native women at Encounter Bay, 100 km south of Adelaide.
Purchasing a number of town blocks and other property in the Encounter Bay district, Hutchinson was also made South Australia’s second emigration agent, from September 1837 to February 1838, following the dismissal of John Brown.