Australia 1770
James Cook (W. J. L. Wharton, Editor of Cook’s journals), Captain Cook’s Journal During his First Voyage Round the World Made in H. M. Bark “Endeavour” 1768-71, Elliott Stock, London, 1893, Chapter 8: Exploration of East Coast of Australia.
Botany Bay. On the sand and Mud banks are Oysters, Muscles, Cockles, etc., which I believe are the Chief support of the inhabitants, who go into Shoald Water with their little Canoes and peck them out of the sand and Mud with their hands, and sometimes roast and Eat them in the Canoe, having often a fire for that purpose, as I suppose, for I know no other it can be.
Queensland. Here are plenty of small Oysters sticking to the Rocks, Stones, and Mangrove Trees, and some few other shell fish, such as large Muscles, Pearl Oysters, Cockels, etc.
