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... Q Aboriginal . A species of pine tree . Curtis Island Q Matthew Flinders discovered and named Port Curtis and Curtis Island in August 1802 and named them after Admiral Sir Roger Curtis who had been of assistance to him when he was at ...
... Q Aboriginal . A species of pine tree . Curtis Island Q Matthew Flinders discovered and named Port Curtis and Curtis Island in August 1802 and named them after Admiral Sir Roger Curtis who had been of assistance to him when he was at ...
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... Q After Dartmouth in Devon . Darwin NT The harbour ( Port Darwin ) was discovered in 1839 by Captain J. C. Wickham of the Beagle , who named it after the famous naturalist who had been on the Beagle in an earlier voyage . In 1864 it was ...
... Q After Dartmouth in Devon . Darwin NT The harbour ( Port Darwin ) was discovered in 1839 by Captain J. C. Wickham of the Beagle , who named it after the famous naturalist who had been on the Beagle in an earlier voyage . In 1864 it was ...
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Alexander Wyclif Reed. Fitzroy Downs Q Discovered and named by T. L. Mitchell after Governor Sir Charles Fitzroy . Fitzroy Gardens V Fitzroy Island Q After Sir Charles Fitzroy . Named by Captain Cook on 9 June 1770 after Augustus Henry ...
Alexander Wyclif Reed. Fitzroy Downs Q Discovered and named by T. L. Mitchell after Governor Sir Charles Fitzroy . Fitzroy Gardens V Fitzroy Island Q After Sir Charles Fitzroy . Named by Captain Cook on 9 June 1770 after Augustus Henry ...
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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