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... Harbour , Sting - Rays Harbour , and Stingrays Bay . Cook altered the name first to Botanist Bay and then to Botany Bay when he realised how much plant material the scientists had gathered . While there was for a consider- able time ...
... Harbour , Sting - Rays Harbour , and Stingrays Bay . Cook altered the name first to Botanist Bay and then to Botany Bay when he realised how much plant material the scientists had gathered . While there was for a consider- able time ...
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... harbour and named it in 1839. ' The other rocks , ' he wrote , ' near it ( Tall Head ) were of a fine - grained sandstone : - a new feature in the geology of this part of the continent , which afforded us an appropriate opportunity of ...
... harbour and named it in 1839. ' The other rocks , ' he wrote , ' near it ( Tall Head ) were of a fine - grained sandstone : - a new feature in the geology of this part of the continent , which afforded us an appropriate opportunity of ...
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... harbour in 1857 . Port Julia SA Named after Mrs Julia Wurm , an early settler . Port Jackson NSW After Sir George Jackson , Judge - Advocate of the Fleet . Captain Cook's Journal of 6 May 1770 reads : ' ... at Noon , we were by ...
... harbour in 1857 . Port Julia SA Named after Mrs Julia Wurm , an early settler . Port Jackson NSW After Sir George Jackson , Judge - Advocate of the Fleet . Captain Cook's Journal of 6 May 1770 reads : ' ... at Noon , we were by ...
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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