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... Tasmania , who had a notable career and is a world - famous figure , not only for his humane rule in Tasmania , but for his polar explorations and his discovery of the North - west Passage . Franklin Harbour SA After Sir John Franklin ...
... Tasmania , who had a notable career and is a world - famous figure , not only for his humane rule in Tasmania , but for his polar explorations and his discovery of the North - west Passage . Franklin Harbour SA After Sir John Franklin ...
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... Tasmania as agent for what was known as the Port Phillip Association , that a permanent settlement was located here . Batman ' purchased ' 600,000 acres of land , and in the same year , 1835 , John Pascoe Fawkner formed another ...
... Tasmania as agent for what was known as the Port Phillip Association , that a permanent settlement was located here . Batman ' purchased ' 600,000 acres of land , and in the same year , 1835 , John Pascoe Fawkner formed another ...
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... Tasmania It was many years before Tasmania was proved to be an island . After sighting the coast on 24 November 1642 , Tasman wrote on the following day : " This land being the first land we have met with in the South Sea , and not ...
... Tasmania It was many years before Tasmania was proved to be an island . After sighting the coast on 24 November 1642 , Tasman wrote on the following day : " This land being the first land we have met with in the South Sea , and not ...
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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