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... John Oxley , who was then Surveyor - General of New South Wales . Boys ' Town NSW Named after and planned for the same purpose as Boys ' Town in the United States , to rehabilitate neglected and delinquent boys . It was founded in 1939 ...
... John Oxley , who was then Surveyor - General of New South Wales . Boys ' Town NSW Named after and planned for the same purpose as Boys ' Town in the United States , to rehabilitate neglected and delinquent boys . It was founded in 1939 ...
Page 44
... John Oxley who had been ordered to find a suitable locality for the establishment of another penal colony . During October and November Oxley explored Port Curtis and inspected Moreton Bay , where he met a white man who was living there ...
... John Oxley who had been ordered to find a suitable locality for the establishment of another penal colony . During October and November Oxley explored Port Curtis and inspected Moreton Bay , where he met a white man who was living there ...
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... John Oxley in 1818. The point is known locally as Cudgera Head , from the Aboriginal word Kudgeree , Raw flesh . It was named after Warren Hastings , Governor - General of India , by John Oxley in 1823. It has , however , been suggested ...
... John Oxley in 1818. The point is known locally as Cudgera Head , from the Aboriginal word Kudgeree , Raw flesh . It was named after Warren Hastings , Governor - General of India , by John Oxley in 1823. It has , however , been suggested ...
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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