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... Mountain NSW A common name for Mount Wingen , the Aboriginal name which means fire . Mount Wingen is one of the natural curiosities of Australia . There is a seam of coal within the mountain which has been burning slowly probably for ...
... Mountain NSW A common name for Mount Wingen , the Aboriginal name which means fire . Mount Wingen is one of the natural curiosities of Australia . There is a seam of coal within the mountain which has been burning slowly probably for ...
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... Mount V Aboriginal . Canoe . Korumburra V Aboriginal . Blowfly . An early name for the district was The Wild Cattle Run . Korweinguborra V Aboriginal . An onomatopoeic word that imitates the croaking of a frog . Kosciusko , Mount NSW ...
... Mount V Aboriginal . Canoe . Korumburra V Aboriginal . Blowfly . An early name for the district was The Wild Cattle Run . Korweinguborra V Aboriginal . An onomatopoeic word that imitates the croaking of a frog . Kosciusko , Mount NSW ...
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... NSW Aboriginal . Shield . Tozer , Mount Q After Sir Horace Tozer , Agent - General for Queensland . Trafalgar ; Trafalgar , Mount V The mountain was named by T. L. Mitchell in 1836 after the famous naval battle . Trangie NSW Traralgon V ...
... NSW Aboriginal . Shield . Tozer , Mount Q After Sir Horace Tozer , Agent - General for Queensland . Trafalgar ; Trafalgar , Mount V The mountain was named by T. L. Mitchell in 1836 after the famous naval battle . Trangie NSW Traralgon V ...
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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