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... strait in the Investigator in 1802 and wrote : ' It forms a private entrance , as it were , to the two gulphs ( Gulf St Vincent and Investigator Strait ) and I named it Backstairs Passage . ' This portion of Investigator Strait is about ...
... strait in the Investigator in 1802 and wrote : ' It forms a private entrance , as it were , to the two gulphs ( Gulf St Vincent and Investigator Strait ) and I named it Backstairs Passage . ' This portion of Investigator Strait is about ...
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... strait , though Furneaux had convinced Cook that the island was part of the mainland ( see Adventure Bay ) . Bass's claim to fame is his strong conjecture that a strait did exist . In 1798 he sailed along the south coast of present ...
... strait , though Furneaux had convinced Cook that the island was part of the mainland ( see Adventure Bay ) . Bass's claim to fame is his strong conjecture that a strait did exist . In 1798 he sailed along the south coast of present ...
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... Strait ; Barrallier ; Bathurst Island ; Bay of Rest ; Bellender - Ker Range ; Bowen Strait ; Buccaneer Archipelago ; Cambridge Gulf ; Claremont Isles ; Clarence Strait ; Coburg Peninsula ; Mount Cook ; Dampier Archipelago ; Mount ...
... Strait ; Barrallier ; Bathurst Island ; Bay of Rest ; Bellender - Ker Range ; Bowen Strait ; Buccaneer Archipelago ; Cambridge Gulf ; Claremont Isles ; Clarence Strait ; Coburg Peninsula ; Mount Cook ; Dampier Archipelago ; Mount ...
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Aboriginal name Alexander arrived Banks became Black Blue British called Camp Cape Captain Captain Cook changed Charles coast Colonial command corruption Creek crossed discovered discovery district Duke Earl earlier early Edward England English established expedition explorer Eyre February Flinders gave George given gold Governor Grant Gulf Gulf of Carpentaria Harbour Head Henry Hill honour Island James John Joseph Journal June Kangaroo King known Lady Lake land later Lieut Lord Macquarie Matthew Flinders meaning miles Mount mountain Murray NSW Aboriginal officer origin Pass Peak Peninsula Phillip Plains Point Port present probably Q Aboriginal Q Named Range reached recorded River Q Robert rock Secretary settlement settler ship sighted South Australia South Wales Springs station Strait Stuart survey surveyor Sydney T. L. Mitchell Thomas took town township tree vessel village visited Western wife William wrote Young