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... Tasman on 7 December 1642 after it had been explored by pilot - major Visscher . He landed on the shore and heard the Aborigines in the bush . The bay was next named Baie du Nord by d'Entrecasteaux . In 1798 Flinders wrote : ' . . . as ...
... Tasman on 7 December 1642 after it had been explored by pilot - major Visscher . He landed on the shore and heard the Aborigines in the bush . The bay was next named Baie du Nord by d'Entrecasteaux . In 1798 Flinders wrote : ' . . . as ...
Page 204
... Tasman's voyage of 1842 . The ' Investigator Tree ' on this island was one of the most famous trees in Australia . Dutch and Chinese navigators had left inscriptions on it at various times . Flinders had the name of his vessel cut into ...
... Tasman's voyage of 1842 . The ' Investigator Tree ' on this island was one of the most famous trees in Australia . Dutch and Chinese navigators had left inscriptions on it at various times . Flinders had the name of his vessel cut into ...
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... Tasman Peninsula T ; Tasman Sea After Abel Janszoon Tasman . The name Tasman Sea was recommended in 1890 by the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science . It is usually referred to as ' the Tasman ...
... Tasman Peninsula T ; Tasman Sea After Abel Janszoon Tasman . The name Tasman Sea was recommended in 1890 by the Australian and New Zealand Association for the Advancement of Science . It is usually referred to as ' the Tasman ...
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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