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... Aboriginal . Tossing a child up and down in the arms . Possibly a corruption of the word Bowdall . At one time the name was amusingly rendered as Boat Alley . Boga , Lake V Named by T. L. Mitchell after the Boga tribe . Bogan Gate NSW ...
... Aboriginal . Tossing a child up and down in the arms . Possibly a corruption of the word Bowdall . At one time the name was amusingly rendered as Boat Alley . Boga , Lake V Named by T. L. Mitchell after the Boga tribe . Bogan Gate NSW ...
Page 71
... Aboriginal word was Gooramundra . In the form Cootamondra , it was a stock station owned by John Hurley in the 1830s . Later it was known as the ' Village of Cootamundry ' . Coot - tha , Mount Q Aboriginal . Place of wild honey . When ...
... Aboriginal word was Gooramundra . In the form Cootamondra , it was a stock station owned by John Hurley in the 1830s . Later it was known as the ' Village of Cootamundry ' . Coot - tha , Mount Q Aboriginal . Place of wild honey . When ...
Page 93
... Aboriginal name was reinstated . The Ernabella mission was established near the creek in 1937 . Escape Cliffs NT So ... word is Young dingo . Eucla SA Aboriginal . When E. J. Eyre discovered this site on his pioneer route overland round ...
... Aboriginal name was reinstated . The Ernabella mission was established near the creek in 1937 . Escape Cliffs NT So ... word is Young dingo . Eucla SA Aboriginal . When E. J. Eyre discovered this site on his pioneer route overland round ...
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Aboriginal name Aboriginal word Adelaide Bass Bathurst birthplace Brisbane called Camp Captain Cook coast Colonial command corruption Cove Creek d'Entrecasteaux Dalrymple Discovered and named discovery district Duke Duyfken E. J. Eyre Earl early settler Ernest Giles expedition explorer Fitzroy George gold Goulburn Governor Macquarie Harbour Henry Hill Island Q James John Oxley Kangaroo known Lady Nelson Lake later Leichhardt Lieut Lieut-Governor Lord Matthew Flinders McDouall Stuart meaning Moreton Mount NSW Mount Q Murray River name was given Named by Captain Named by Flinders Named by Governor Nicolas Baudin NSW Aboriginal NSW Named NT Named origin P. P. King Peak Peninsula Plains probably Q Aboriginal Q Discovered Queensland River NSW River Q Named river was discovered rock Scotland settlement South Australia South Wales station Strait survey surveyor Surveyor-General Swamp Sydney T. L. Mitchell Tasman Tasmania Thomas town township tree vessel Victoria water hole Western Australia William wrote