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... SA After George Fife Angas , financier and philanthropist , who has been called the Father of South Australia . The site of the town was selected in 1841 by Flaxman , Angas's agent , and named Angas Town by the surveyors A. Forster and ...
... SA After George Fife Angas , financier and philanthropist , who has been called the Father of South Australia . The site of the town was selected in 1841 by Flaxman , Angas's agent , and named Angas Town by the surveyors A. Forster and ...
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... South Australia , wrote : ' We named . . . a con- spicuous small hill , after its shape , Bottle Hill . ' Boulder City WA In The Mile that Midas Touched * , Gavin Casey and Ted Mayman tell the story of the name - giving : ' In 1893 in ...
... South Australia , wrote : ' We named . . . a con- spicuous small hill , after its shape , Bottle Hill . ' Boulder City WA In The Mile that Midas Touched * , Gavin Casey and Ted Mayman tell the story of the name - giving : ' In 1893 in ...
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... Australia . Osmar White . Heinemann , 1968 Heroic Journey of John McDouall Stuart , The . Ian Mudie . Angus and Robertson , 1968 Names of Railway Stations in New South Wales and their Meaning . C. A. Irish , 1927 Nomenclature of South ...
... Australia . Osmar White . Heinemann , 1968 Heroic Journey of John McDouall Stuart , The . Ian Mudie . Angus and Robertson , 1968 Names of Railway Stations in New South Wales and their Meaning . C. A. Irish , 1927 Nomenclature of South ...
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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