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... Victoria Desert SA , WA Crossed from east to west by Ernest Giles in 1874 , he travelled nearly 500 km without finding water until he reached a supply which he named the Great Victoria Spring . The desert was given the same name ...
... Victoria Desert SA , WA Crossed from east to west by Ernest Giles in 1874 , he travelled nearly 500 km without finding water until he reached a supply which he named the Great Victoria Spring . The desert was given the same name ...
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... Victoria On separation from New South Wales in 1851 , the new Colony was named after Queen Victoria . Prior to this the area was usually referred to as the Port Phillip district , q.v. In 1836 T. L. Mitchell led a party along the ...
... Victoria On separation from New South Wales in 1851 , the new Colony was named after Queen Victoria . Prior to this the area was usually referred to as the Port Phillip district , q.v. In 1836 T. L. Mitchell led a party along the ...
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... Victoria * ; Lake Victoria * ; Mount Victoria * ; Victoria Ranges * , Victoria River * , Victoria Spring * Visscher , Pilot - Major : Blackman Bay Vlamingh , Willem de : See de Vlamingh Von Doussa , Louis : Von Doussa * Von Mueller ...
... Victoria * ; Lake Victoria * ; Mount Victoria * ; Victoria Ranges * , Victoria River * , Victoria Spring * Visscher , Pilot - Major : Blackman Bay Vlamingh , Willem de : See de Vlamingh Von Doussa , Louis : Von Doussa * Von Mueller ...
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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