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... swamp . Boomi NSW This may be a form of the name of the Creator Spirit , usually rendered Biami or Baiamai , of the Kamilaroi tribe . Another supposition is that it is an Aboriginal word meaning dark brackish water . Boona , Mount NSW ...
... swamp . Boomi NSW This may be a form of the name of the Creator Spirit , usually rendered Biami or Baiamai , of the Kamilaroi tribe . Another supposition is that it is an Aboriginal word meaning dark brackish water . Boona , Mount NSW ...
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... Swamp where I stood to pour out water . The fascinating legend of the origin of this desert oasis is told in The Passing of the Aborigines by Daisy Bates * . Pumps used when the trans - continental railway line was being built reduced ...
... Swamp where I stood to pour out water . The fascinating legend of the origin of this desert oasis is told in The Passing of the Aborigines by Daisy Bates * . Pumps used when the trans - continental railway line was being built reduced ...
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... Swamp : Orange * Blanche , Lake : Blue Lake * Blaney : Blayney Blue Mountains : Lawson Bluegum Flat : Ourimbah Bluff , The : Rosetta Head Blumbergville : Boonah * Boat Alley : Bodalla Bonaparte , Golfe : Spencer Gulf * Bougainville Bay ...
... Swamp : Orange * Blanche , Lake : Blue Lake * Blaney : Blayney Blue Mountains : Lawson Bluegum Flat : Ourimbah Bluff , The : Rosetta Head Blumbergville : Boonah * Boat Alley : Bodalla Bonaparte , Golfe : Spencer Gulf * Bougainville Bay ...
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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