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... D'Entrecasteaux paid a second visit in 1794 . Two months after he had left , Commodore Sir John Hayes , who knew nothing of d'Entrecasteaux's visit , gave the name William Pitt's Island after the British statesman . This was later ...
... D'Entrecasteaux paid a second visit in 1794 . Two months after he had left , Commodore Sir John Hayes , who knew nothing of d'Entrecasteaux's visit , gave the name William Pitt's Island after the British statesman . This was later ...
Page 81
... d'Entrecasteaux . Prior to this the channel was thought to be a bay , but the Admiral's systematic survey revealed that Furneaux's Adventure Bay , q.v. , was in fact part of an island separated from the mainland , and d'Entrecasteaux ...
... d'Entrecasteaux . Prior to this the channel was thought to be a bay , but the Admiral's systematic survey revealed that Furneaux's Adventure Bay , q.v. , was in fact part of an island separated from the mainland , and d'Entrecasteaux ...
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... d'Entrecasteaux traversed the islands and shoals of the archipelago in La Recherche in 1792 , and named them the D'Entrecasteaux Islands , the name being changed later . The Admiral gave French names to a number of the islands , and ...
... d'Entrecasteaux traversed the islands and shoals of the archipelago in La Recherche in 1792 , and named them the D'Entrecasteaux Islands , the name being changed later . The Admiral gave French names to a number of the islands , and ...
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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