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Alexander Wyclif Reed. into Victoria and in May 1839 climbed a mountain he named McLeod and saw a distant view of the sea . The mountain was subsequently named Haystack , probably on account of its shape . Head , Range NT Named by J ...
Alexander Wyclif Reed. into Victoria and in May 1839 climbed a mountain he named McLeod and saw a distant view of the sea . The mountain was subsequently named Haystack , probably on account of its shape . Head , Range NT Named by J ...
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... name , Willara . Piper , Cape ; Piper Islands NT ; Piper River T Piper . See above . All named after Captain Pisgah , Mount V The mountain from which Moses viewed the Promised Land . Pittsworth Q The name came from the Pitt family which ...
... name , Willara . Piper , Cape ; Piper Islands NT ; Piper River T Piper . See above . All named after Captain Pisgah , Mount V The mountain from which Moses viewed the Promised Land . Pittsworth Q The name came from the Pitt family which ...
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... named on account of their experience . When the township was laid out the streets were named after various constellations ... NT Spilsby Island SA See Liverpool River . Named by Matthew Flinders on 21 February 1802 After a village in ...
... named on account of their experience . When the township was laid out the streets were named after various constellations ... NT Spilsby Island SA See Liverpool River . Named by Matthew Flinders on 21 February 1802 After a village in ...
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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