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... Sydney's underground railway , and was appointed engineer - in - charge . Bradley's Head NSW After Lieutenant William Bradley , who arrived in Sydney in 1788 as first lieutenant of HMS Sirius . He was engaged in the survey of Port ...
... Sydney's underground railway , and was appointed engineer - in - charge . Bradley's Head NSW After Lieutenant William Bradley , who arrived in Sydney in 1788 as first lieutenant of HMS Sirius . He was engaged in the survey of Port ...
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... Sydney . Plants and seeds obtained at Rio de Janeiro and the Cape of Good Hope were planted , but with poor results , probably because the first plantings by the Governor's house were made in February . There was only one farmer in the ...
... Sydney . Plants and seeds obtained at Rio de Janeiro and the Cape of Good Hope were planted , but with poor results , probably because the first plantings by the Governor's house were made in February . There was only one farmer in the ...
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... Sydney NSW After Thomas Townshend , first Viscount Sydney , Secre- tary of the Home Department , who submitted the plan for a convict settlement at Botany Bay to the Treasury . When Captain Arthur Phillip transferred the settlement from ...
... Sydney NSW After Thomas Townshend , first Viscount Sydney , Secre- tary of the Home Department , who submitted the plan for a convict settlement at Botany Bay to the Treasury . When Captain Arthur Phillip transferred the settlement from ...
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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