Matthew Flinders adjusted his 1814 map, however the name Frederick Henry Bay remained in its present-day location.

[3] Around 1784–85, Henri Peyroux de la Coudreniere wrote a "memoir on the advantages to be gained for the Spanish crown by the settlement of Van Dieman's Land.

He noted that in Frederick Henry Bay, "we find an excellent harbour, where one can anchor in 14 fathoms sheltered from the wind.

We read in Cook's voyages that the soil is fertile; it produces the largest and the tallest trees in the world, their trunks are seen to be 90 feet high without any forks".

On 10 March 1946 a Douglas DC-3 aircraft operated by Australian National Airways departed from Cambridge Aerodrome with a crew of 4 and 21 passengers for Essendon Airport.