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... Bass Hill NSW After George Bass , naval surgeon and explorer who , with Matthew Flinders , made a number of notable journeys . In his Voyage to Terra Australis , Flinders wrote of Bass : ' I had the happiness to find a man whose ardour ...
... Bass Hill NSW After George Bass , naval surgeon and explorer who , with Matthew Flinders , made a number of notable journeys . In his Voyage to Terra Australis , Flinders wrote of Bass : ' I had the happiness to find a man whose ardour ...
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... Bass to investigate . Bass found several seams that extended for some distance and conjectured that they might extend throughout the range . This was the origin of the name . Cobar NSW Probably Aboriginal , from Coburra , the reddish ...
... Bass to investigate . Bass found several seams that extended for some distance and conjectured that they might extend throughout the range . This was the origin of the name . Cobar NSW Probably Aboriginal , from Coburra , the reddish ...
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... Bass , George : Bass Hill * ; Bass Point * ; Bass Strait * ; Circular Head ; Coal Cliff ; Corner Inlet ; George's River ; Hunter Group ; Illawarra ; Lake Illawarra ; Phillip Island ; Port Dalrymple ; Shoalhaven River ; Table Cape ...
... Bass , George : Bass Hill * ; Bass Point * ; Bass Strait * ; Circular Head ; Coal Cliff ; Corner Inlet ; George's River ; Hunter Group ; Illawarra ; Lake Illawarra ; Phillip Island ; Port Dalrymple ; Shoalhaven River ; Table Cape ...
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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