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... Moreton Bay ; Moreton , Cape ; Moreton Island Q Cook's Journal for 17 May 1770 reads : ' On the North side of this point [ Point Lookout ] the ... Moreton Island , which should have preserved Cook's spelling . Moreton Island was named 155.
... Moreton Bay ; Moreton , Cape ; Moreton Island Q Cook's Journal for 17 May 1770 reads : ' On the North side of this point [ Point Lookout ] the ... Moreton Island , which should have preserved Cook's spelling . Moreton Island was named 155.
Page 156
... Moreton Bay was discovered by John Oxley in 1823. The Aboriginal name of Moreton Island was Gnoorganpin , or Tangalooma . Morgan SA The town was proclaimed in 1878 and named after Sir William Morgan , Chief Secretary of South Australia ...
... Moreton Bay was discovered by John Oxley in 1823. The Aboriginal name of Moreton Island was Gnoorganpin , or Tangalooma . Morgan SA The town was proclaimed in 1878 and named after Sir William Morgan , Chief Secretary of South Australia ...
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... Moreton * ; Moreton Island * Moses ; Mount Horeb ; Mount Pisgah Mosman , Archibald : Mosman * ; Mossman Mosman , Hugh : Mossman * ; Mossman River * Moss , Jemmy : Moss Vale * Mourilyan , Lieut : Mourilyan Harbour * Mowatt , Francis ...
... Moreton * ; Moreton Island * Moses ; Mount Horeb ; Mount Pisgah Mosman , Archibald : Mosman * ; Mossman Mosman , Hugh : Mossman * ; Mossman River * Moss , Jemmy : Moss Vale * Mourilyan , Lieut : Mourilyan Harbour * Mowatt , Francis ...
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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