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... Earl Bathurst , Secretary for the Colonies from 1812 to 1827. The name was given by G. W. Evans who reached the plains to the west of the main range in 1813 and set up his camp on the present site of Bathurst . The next day he wrote ...
... Earl Bathurst , Secretary for the Colonies from 1812 to 1827. The name was given by G. W. Evans who reached the plains to the west of the main range in 1813 and set up his camp on the present site of Bathurst . The next day he wrote ...
Page 112
... Earl of Halifax and Earl of Sandwich . His estate was named Hinchinbrook . Hallett SA Named after the owner of Wandilla station . The Aboriginal name was Willogoleeche . Hall's Creek WA Charles Hall and Jack Slettery struck gold in the ...
... Earl of Halifax and Earl of Sandwich . His estate was named Hinchinbrook . Hallett SA Named after the owner of Wandilla station . The Aboriginal name was Willogoleeche . Hall's Creek WA Charles Hall and Jack Slettery struck gold in the ...
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... Earl : See Sir John Jervis Sale , Sir Robert Henry : Sale * Salisbury , Lord : Cranbourne ; Salisbury * Salvado , Dom Rosendo : New Norcia Sandwich , Earl of : See George Montagu Dunk Sawtell , O. C .: Sawtell * Schank , Admiral John ...
... Earl : See Sir John Jervis Sale , Sir Robert Henry : Sale * Salisbury , Lord : Cranbourne ; Salisbury * Salvado , Dom Rosendo : New Norcia Sandwich , Earl of : See George Montagu Dunk Sawtell , O. C .: Sawtell * Schank , Admiral John ...
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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