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... Captain Cook after Sir Joseph Banks . Banks accompanied Cook on the Endeavour on Cook's first voyage . As a young man with a considerable fortune he devoted himself to botanical pursuits and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society at ...
... Captain Cook after Sir Joseph Banks . Banks accompanied Cook on the Endeavour on Cook's first voyage . As a young man with a considerable fortune he devoted himself to botanical pursuits and was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society at ...
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... Captain James Cook , Vol 1 , page 313 , Dr J. C. Beaglehole states there is a marginal note by Cook : ' Bay in Lat 33 ° 42 ' but : This is not the present Broken Bay , a few miles further north , which Cook missed during the succeeding ...
... Captain James Cook , Vol 1 , page 313 , Dr J. C. Beaglehole states there is a marginal note by Cook : ' Bay in Lat 33 ° 42 ' but : This is not the present Broken Bay , a few miles further north , which Cook missed during the succeeding ...
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... Captain Cook on 9 June 1770 after Augustus Henry Fitzroy , third Duke of Grafton and Prime Minister at the time of Cook's departure . Fitzroy River Q Discovered and named by Charles and William Archer in 1753 after Governor Fitzroy ...
... Captain Cook on 9 June 1770 after Augustus Henry Fitzroy , third Duke of Grafton and Prime Minister at the time of Cook's departure . Fitzroy River Q Discovered and named by Charles and William Archer in 1753 after Governor Fitzroy ...
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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