Place-names of New South Wales, Their Origins and Meanings |
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Abori Aboriginal name Aboriginal word Allan Cunningham Australian Encyclopaedia Bathurst beach Blaxland Blue Mountains Botany Bay called Camping Cape Captain Cook Caves Charles Sturt colony corruption CREEK crossed Darling days of settlement descriptive name district Earl earlier name early resident early settler England English expedition explorer FLAT Formerly known George Bass ginal Goulburn Governor Macquarie Governor of NSW Governor Phillip Grose Hamilton Hume Harbour Hawkesbury Head Henry hill honour Island James John Oxley Journal junction King lagoon Lake land later Lieutenant Macquarie's Maitland Matthew Flinders miles MOUNT Mount Kembla name given name was given Named by Allan Named by Captain native nearby Nepean Newcastle original P. R. Stephensen Park Parramatta pastoral holding Plains plenty Point Port Jackson Probably named river was discovered rock Roland Robinson Scotland suburb swamp T. L. Mitchell town township valley Vaucluse village waterhole Wentworth William wrote