#OnThisDay 5 February 1803 explorer George Bass left Port Jackson in the Venus and was never to be heard of again. Bass had planned to go to Tahiti to trade for pork on a government contract for NSW. His fate remains unknown.
Source: Bowden, K. (1966). Bass, George (1771-1803). Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University
![George Bass NRS-4481-3-[7/16360]-St4539](../../../sites/default/files/Collection/Photos/george-bass-NRS-4481-3-%5b7-16360%5d-St4539.jpg "George Bass - miniature in the possession of Mr Pownall. NRS-4481-3-[7/16360]-St4539")
