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... Tasmania , who had a notable career and is a world - famous figure , not only for his humane rule in Tasmania , but for his polar explorations and his discovery of the North - west Passage . Franklin Harbour SA After Sir John Franklin ...
... Tasmania , who had a notable career and is a world - famous figure , not only for his humane rule in Tasmania , but for his polar explorations and his discovery of the North - west Passage . Franklin Harbour SA After Sir John Franklin ...
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... Tasmania as agent for what was known as the Port Phillip Association , that a permanent settlement was located here . Batman ' purchased ' 600,000 acres of land , and in the same year , 1835 , John Pascoe Fawkner formed another ...
... Tasmania as agent for what was known as the Port Phillip Association , that a permanent settlement was located here . Batman ' purchased ' 600,000 acres of land , and in the same year , 1835 , John Pascoe Fawkner formed another ...
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... Tasmania It was many years before Tasmania was proved to be an island . After sighting the coast on 24 November 1642 , Tasman wrote on the following day : " This land being the first land we have met with in the South Sea , and not ...
... Tasmania It was many years before Tasmania was proved to be an island . After sighting the coast on 24 November 1642 , Tasman wrote on the following day : " This land being the first land we have met with in the South Sea , and not ...
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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