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... Aboriginal name was Gabie Kylie , Place where the water lies like a boomerang . Essendon V From the village in Hertfordshire , meaning the Valley of Elsa's people . Etheridge Goldfield ; Etheridge River Q an employee of Robert Towns . Eton ...
... Aboriginal name was Gabie Kylie , Place where the water lies like a boomerang . Essendon V From the village in Hertfordshire , meaning the Valley of Elsa's people . Etheridge Goldfield ; Etheridge River Q an employee of Robert Towns . Eton ...
Page 125
... Q So named by G. A. F. E. Dalrymple after the famous geologist Joseph Beete Jukes . Jukes , Mount T Julia Creek Q ... Aboriginal . Woman . Jumbuk V Aboriginal . Cloud , or Sheep . Because of their white fleeces the Aborigines applied the ...
... Q So named by G. A. F. E. Dalrymple after the famous geologist Joseph Beete Jukes . Jukes , Mount T Julia Creek Q ... Aboriginal . Woman . Jumbuk V Aboriginal . Cloud , or Sheep . Because of their white fleeces the Aborigines applied the ...
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... Aboriginal name was Boorook . Morundah NSW Aboriginal . Stuck in the mud . Moruya ; Moruya River NSW Aboriginal . Place further south . Morven NSW , Q After a place in Argyllshire , Scotland , taken from an adjacent station . Mosman NSW ...
... Aboriginal name was Boorook . Morundah NSW Aboriginal . Stuck in the mud . Moruya ; Moruya River NSW Aboriginal . Place further south . Morven NSW , Q After a place in Argyllshire , Scotland , taken from an adjacent station . Mosman NSW ...
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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