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Page 116
... Cove , taking possession on 19 February 1804. Bowen had already called the Risdon Cove settlement Hobart , a dispatch to the Governor of New South Wales , dated 27 September 1803 , bearing this address . Collins transferred the name as ...
... Cove , taking possession on 19 February 1804. Bowen had already called the Risdon Cove settlement Hobart , a dispatch to the Governor of New South Wales , dated 27 September 1803 , bearing this address . Collins transferred the name as ...
Page 204
... cove , which I honoured with the name of Sydney , is about a quarter of a mile across at the entrance , and half a mile in length . ' The dispatches were headed Sydney Cove until 1790 , when it was abbreviated to Sydney - the portion of ...
... cove , which I honoured with the name of Sydney , is about a quarter of a mile across at the entrance , and half a mile in length . ' The dispatches were headed Sydney Cove until 1790 , when it was abbreviated to Sydney - the portion of ...
Page 264
... Cove : Wattamolla * Quart Pot : Quart Pot Range * Queen's Cross : King's Cross Queenscliffe : Kingscote * Ramsay : Wynyard * Red Banks : Caltowie Red Gate : Alexandra Redbank : Hillston Regent's Lake : Lake Cargellico Richman's Pass ...
... Cove : Wattamolla * Quart Pot : Quart Pot Range * Queen's Cross : King's Cross Queenscliffe : Kingscote * Ramsay : Wynyard * Red Banks : Caltowie Red Gate : Alexandra Redbank : Hillston Regent's Lake : Lake Cargellico Richman's Pass ...
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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