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... Colonial Secretary , insisted on the establishment of a settlement for certain classes of convicts , and to colonize Northern Australia ( another name for the ' colony ' was Northern Australia ) . Lieut Col George Barney was placed in ...
... Colonial Secretary , insisted on the establishment of a settlement for certain classes of convicts , and to colonize Northern Australia ( another name for the ' colony ' was Northern Australia ) . Lieut Col George Barney was placed in ...
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... Colonial Treasurer . Glenbrook NSW A place that has suffered many changes of name , being successively called ... Colonies . Glenelg River WA Also named for Lord Glenelg , by the discoverer George Grey , in 1838 . Glennies Creek NSW ...
... Colonial Treasurer . Glenbrook NSW A place that has suffered many changes of name , being successively called ... Colonies . Glenelg River WA Also named for Lord Glenelg , by the discoverer George Grey , in 1838 . Glennies Creek NSW ...
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... Colonies . The Goulburn River was discovered and named by William Lawson in the early 1820s . The town of Goulburn was ... Colonial Secretary in Sydney . The Australian Encyclopaedia quotes a verse by the Rev J. D. Lang , who was an ...
... Colonies . The Goulburn River was discovered and named by William Lawson in the early 1820s . The town of Goulburn was ... Colonial Secretary in Sydney . The Australian Encyclopaedia quotes a verse by the Rev J. D. Lang , who was an ...
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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