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... Western Australia . Ceratodus Q This railway station bears the scientific name of the Queensland lungfish , which is regarded as a living fossil . Ceres NSW Probably after the ancient Roman corn - goddess , who was identified with ...
... Western Australia . Ceratodus Q This railway station bears the scientific name of the Queensland lungfish , which is regarded as a living fossil . Ceres NSW Probably after the ancient Roman corn - goddess , who was identified with ...
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... Western Australia , he entered and named Recherche Bay to effect repairs to his ships . Red Point NSW Named by Captain Cook . The Journal entry for 25 April 1770 reads : ' . . . a point that I call'd Red Point ; some part of the Land ...
... Western Australia , he entered and named Recherche Bay to effect repairs to his ships . Red Point NSW Named by Captain Cook . The Journal entry for 25 April 1770 reads : ' . . . a point that I call'd Red Point ; some part of the Land ...
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... West Wyalong . Westall , Mount Q , SA ; Westall Point SA Named by Flinders in January ( SA ) and August ( Q ) 1802 after William Westall , the artist on the Investigator . Western Australia As with the states that separated from New ...
... West Wyalong . Westall , Mount Q , SA ; Westall Point SA Named by Flinders in January ( SA ) and August ( Q ) 1802 after William Westall , the artist on the Investigator . Western Australia As with the states that separated from New ...
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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