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... Eyre Creek Q Named after E. J. Eyre by Charles Sturt in 1845 , but the name has since been supplanted by Mulligan River . Eyre , Lake SA The largest of the great salt lakes of South Australia bears the name of its discoverer , Edward John ...
... Eyre Creek Q Named after E. J. Eyre by Charles Sturt in 1845 , but the name has since been supplanted by Mulligan River . Eyre , Lake SA The largest of the great salt lakes of South Australia bears the name of its discoverer , Edward John ...
Page 95
... Eyre the name of the discoverer ' . Governor MacDonnell approved Goyder's choice , and officially named it Lake Eyre in a dispatch dated 26 October 1860. The Aboriginal name was Katitanda . Eyre , Mount SA Shortly after E. J. Eyre's ...
... Eyre the name of the discoverer ' . Governor MacDonnell approved Goyder's choice , and officially named it Lake Eyre in a dispatch dated 26 October 1860. The Aboriginal name was Katitanda . Eyre , Mount SA Shortly after E. J. Eyre's ...
Page 100
... E. J. Eyre while on his third expedition , after the Surveyor - General , É . C. Frome . Frome , Lake SA In 1840 E. J. Eyre saw part of the lake which he supposed to be part of Lake Torrens . Eyre believed that Lake Torrens curved round ...
... E. J. Eyre while on his third expedition , after the Surveyor - General , É . C. Frome . Frome , Lake SA In 1840 E. J. Eyre saw part of the lake which he supposed to be part of Lake Torrens . Eyre believed that Lake Torrens curved 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