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... Duke of Wellington . The Australian Encyclopaedia quotes a protest by the French zoologist , R. P. Lesson , in 1824 : ' How can a nation so civilized as the English degrade its trophies with tinsel that denotes poverty and bad taste ? A ...
... Duke of Wellington . The Australian Encyclopaedia quotes a protest by the French zoologist , R. P. Lesson , in 1824 : ' How can a nation so civilized as the English degrade its trophies with tinsel that denotes poverty and bad taste ? A ...
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... Duke of : Airly * Alban , Saint : St Albans * Albany , Duke of : Leopold * Albert : Albert * Albert , Prince : Lake Albert * ; Albert River * ; Alberton * Alexander the Great : Mount Macedon Alexandra , Princess : Northern Territory ...
... Duke of : Airly * Alban , Saint : St Albans * Albany , Duke of : Leopold * Albert : Albert * Albert , Prince : Lake Albert * ; Albert River * ; Alberton * Alexander the Great : Mount Macedon Alexandra , Princess : Northern Territory ...
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... Duke of ( Hugh Percy ) : Northumberland Isles * Northumberland , second Duke of : Cape Northumberland * ; Percy Islands * Norton : Gayndah ( Norton's Camp * ) Nuijts , Pieter : Fowler Bay ; Great Australian Bight ; Nullarbor Plain ...
... Duke of ( Hugh Percy ) : Northumberland Isles * Northumberland , second Duke of : Cape Northumberland * ; Percy Islands * Norton : Gayndah ( Norton's Camp * ) Nuijts , Pieter : Fowler Bay ; Great Australian Bight ; Nullarbor Plain ...
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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