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... swamp . Boomi NSW This may be a form of the name of the Creator Spirit , usually rendered Biami or Baiamai , of the Kamilaroi tribe . Another supposition is that it is an Aboriginal word meaning dark brackish water . Boona , Mount NSW ...
... swamp . Boomi NSW This may be a form of the name of the Creator Spirit , usually rendered Biami or Baiamai , of the Kamilaroi tribe . Another supposition is that it is an Aboriginal word meaning dark brackish water . Boona , Mount NSW ...
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... Swamp , or The Swamps . One theory is that in attempting to pronounce the name the Aborigines called it Tchwampa , which became modified to Toowoomba . Another is that it was Choowoom or Toowoom- ba , Place where melons grow , or Water ...
... Swamp , or The Swamps . One theory is that in attempting to pronounce the name the Aborigines called it Tchwampa , which became modified to Toowoomba . Another is that it was Choowoom or Toowoom- ba , Place where melons grow , or Water ...
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... Swamp : Orange * Blanche , Lake : Blue Lake * Blaney : Blayney Blue Mountains : Lawson Bluegum Flat : Ourimbah Bluff , The : Rosetta Head Blumbergville : Boonah * Boat Alley : Bodalla Bonaparte , Golfe : Spencer Gulf * Bougainville Bay ...
... Swamp : Orange * Blanche , Lake : Blue Lake * Blaney : Blayney Blue Mountains : Lawson Bluegum Flat : Ourimbah Bluff , The : Rosetta Head Blumbergville : Boonah * Boat Alley : Bodalla Bonaparte , Golfe : Spencer Gulf * Bougainville Bay ...
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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