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Page 149
... settlement was located here . Batman ' purchased ' 600,000 acres of land , and in the same year , 1835 , John Pascoe Fawkner formed another independent settlement . Governor Bourke visited the locality in 1837 , repudiated Batman's ...
... settlement was located here . Batman ' purchased ' 600,000 acres of land , and in the same year , 1835 , John Pascoe Fawkner formed another independent settlement . Governor Bourke visited the locality in 1837 , repudiated Batman's ...
Page 174
... settlement on Kangaroo Island was first called Hog Bay ( the bay on which it stands , so named because of the pigs that were brought here from Tasmania ) . Governor Jervois was not enamoured of the name and changed it to Penneshaw ...
... settlement on Kangaroo Island was first called Hog Bay ( the bay on which it stands , so named because of the pigs that were brought here from Tasmania ) . Governor Jervois was not enamoured of the name and changed it to Penneshaw ...
Page 204
... settlement at Botany Bay to the Treasury . When Captain Arthur Phillip transferred the settlement from Botany Bay to Port Jackson , he named the bay where he landed Sydney Cove . Phillip's first thought was to call it Albion , but he ...
... settlement at Botany Bay to the Treasury . When Captain Arthur Phillip transferred the settlement from Botany Bay to Port Jackson , he named the bay where he landed Sydney Cove . Phillip's first thought was to call it Albion , but he ...
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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