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... called it Isle Buache after the French hydrographer Jean Nicolas Buache , but this name was superseded in 1829 . Gardiner's Creek V After John Gardiner , the celebrated overlander , who took up a run along the creek from Toorak to the ...
... called it Isle Buache after the French hydrographer Jean Nicolas Buache , but this name was superseded in 1829 . Gardiner's Creek V After John Gardiner , the celebrated overlander , who took up a run along the creek from Toorak to the ...
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... called after him Port Usborne . ' Port Wakefield SA After Edward Gibbon Wakefield . The harbour was discovered by a lighterman named Buck , and called Henry , possibly after Sir Henry Ayers who was then Secretary of the Burra Copper ...
... called after him Port Usborne . ' Port Wakefield SA After Edward Gibbon Wakefield . The harbour was discovered by a lighterman named Buck , and called Henry , possibly after Sir Henry Ayers who was then Secretary of the Burra Copper ...
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... called it Table Cape . ' Table Top NSW The name was taken from the estate of a Mr Mitchell , and originated in the shape of the nearby mountain . Tabulam NSW In Aboriginal Myths and Legends * Roland Robinson records an account by the ...
... called it Table Cape . ' Table Top NSW The name was taken from the estate of a Mr Mitchell , and originated in the shape of the nearby mountain . Tabulam NSW In Aboriginal Myths and Legends * Roland Robinson records an account by the ...
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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