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... Peninsula . He called the gulf Carpentaria after Pieter de Carpentier , Governor - General of the Dutch East Indies . Carstensz had been preceded by Willem Jansz in the Duyfken when it touched on the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula ...
... Peninsula . He called the gulf Carpentaria after Pieter de Carpentier , Governor - General of the Dutch East Indies . Carstensz had been preceded by Willem Jansz in the Duyfken when it touched on the west coast of the Cape York Peninsula ...
Page 95
... Peninsula SA On his second expedition , in 1839 , Eyre crossed the peninsula which had first been seen by Flinders in 1802. Governor Gawler wrote to him : ' I have felt it proper to call after your name , the Peninsula of which you have ...
... Peninsula SA On his second expedition , in 1839 , Eyre crossed the peninsula which had first been seen by Flinders in 1802. Governor Gawler wrote to him : ' I have felt it proper to call after your name , the Peninsula of which you have ...
Page 238
... Peninsula ; Geographe Bay ; Guichen Bay ; Investigator Strait ; Cape Jaffa ; Joseph Bonaparte Gulf ; Lacepede Bay ; Cape Leveque ; Monte Bello Islands ; Naturaliste Channel ; Cape Naturaliste ; Nepean Bay ( Bougainville Bay ) ; Oyster ...
... Peninsula ; Geographe Bay ; Guichen Bay ; Investigator Strait ; Cape Jaffa ; Joseph Bonaparte Gulf ; Lacepede Bay ; Cape Leveque ; Monte Bello Islands ; Naturaliste Channel ; Cape Naturaliste ; Nepean Bay ( Bougainville Bay ) ; Oyster ...
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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