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... Cove , taking possession on 19 February 1804. Bowen had already called the Risdon Cove settlement Hobart , a dispatch to the Governor of New South Wales , dated 27 September 1803 , bearing this address . Collins transferred the name as ...
... Cove , taking possession on 19 February 1804. Bowen had already called the Risdon Cove settlement Hobart , a dispatch to the Governor of New South Wales , dated 27 September 1803 , bearing this address . Collins transferred the name as ...
Page 146
... Cove ; this name was therefore conferred even before that of Sydney Cove . Mann Range NT , SA The range , which is an Aboriginal reserve , inhab- ited by the Pitjantjatjara tribe , was discovered by W. C. Gosse in 1873 and named after ...
... Cove ; this name was therefore conferred even before that of Sydney Cove . Mann Range NT , SA The range , which is an Aboriginal reserve , inhab- ited by the Pitjantjatjara tribe , was discovered by W. C. Gosse in 1873 and named after ...
Page 204
... cove , which I honoured with the name of Sydney , is about a quarter of a mile across at the entrance , and half a mile in length . ' The dispatches were headed Sydney Cove until 1790 , when it was abbreviated to Sydney - the portion of ...
... cove , which I honoured with the name of Sydney , is about a quarter of a mile across at the entrance , and half a mile in length . ' The dispatches were headed Sydney Cove until 1790 , when it was abbreviated to Sydney - the portion of ...
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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