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... name Lake Illawarra was finally adopted and the name Tom Thumb's Lagoon was given to a stretch of water at Port Kembla . Illbillee SA Aboriginal . The meaning is not known , but someone once said that ' when the Aborigines named it they ...
... name Lake Illawarra was finally adopted and the name Tom Thumb's Lagoon was given to a stretch of water at Port Kembla . Illbillee SA Aboriginal . The meaning is not known , but someone once said that ' when the Aborigines named it they ...
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... named one of the islands after him and the place of meeting , Malay Road . After the Mediterranean island . After a Russian sailor who established an inn hereabouts . Maldon V The name was given in 1856 , after a port in Essex , meaning ...
... named one of the islands after him and the place of meeting , Malay Road . After the Mediterranean island . After a Russian sailor who established an inn hereabouts . Maldon V The name was given in 1856 , after a port in Essex , meaning ...
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... name was Patpungga . Ravenshoe Q A. E. Martin notes that when the locality was first surveyed , a tattered copy of Charles Kingsley's Ravenshoe was found in a tree . Ravenswood V A local inn bore this name ... given because of the reddish ...
... name was Patpungga . Ravenshoe Q A. E. Martin notes that when the locality was first surveyed , a tattered copy of Charles Kingsley's Ravenshoe was found in a tree . Ravenswood V A local inn bore this name ... given because of the reddish ...
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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