Place-names of New South Wales, Their Origins and Meanings |
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... Sydney Cove and finally Sydney came into use . ALBION PARK . The name given by Terry Hughes to his Crown grant of land . It seems likely that he gave the name because of its proximity to the Albion Brewery . Until 1840 it was known as ...
... Sydney Cove and finally Sydney came into use . ALBION PARK . The name given by Terry Hughes to his Crown grant of land . It seems likely that he gave the name because of its proximity to the Albion Brewery . Until 1840 it was known as ...
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... Sydney Harbour Bridge . The bridge was com- pleted in 1932 , and Bradfield Highway was named after him . Later , both the suburb and the federal district were named in his honour . At an earlier date he was the proposer of Sydney's ...
... Sydney Harbour Bridge . The bridge was com- pleted in 1932 , and Bradfield Highway was named after him . Later , both the suburb and the federal district were named in his honour . At an earlier date he was the proposer of Sydney's ...
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... SYDNEY . After Thomas Townshend , first Viscount Sydney , Secretary of the Home Department , who submitted the plan for a convict settlement at Botany Bay to the Treasury . When Captain Arthur Phillip transferred the settlement from ...
... SYDNEY . After Thomas Townshend , first Viscount Sydney , Secretary of the Home Department , who submitted the plan for a convict settlement at Botany Bay to the Treasury . When Captain Arthur Phillip transferred the settlement from ...
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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