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... district then became known by several names - The Vasse , Cattle Chosen , and Bussell Town , but when the site was declared a town in June 1837 the name became stabilised as Busselton . The Bussells arrived in 1830. Grace Bussell has ...
... district then became known by several names - The Vasse , Cattle Chosen , and Bussell Town , but when the site was declared a town in June 1837 the name became stabilised as Busselton . The Bussells arrived in 1830. Grace Bussell has ...
Page 120
... district . Flinders recorded the fact that it was called Alowrie by the natives ' . It was first known as Five Islands , but the name of the group of five islands off Red Point was transferred to part of the coastal district fifty miles ...
... district . Flinders recorded the fact that it was called Alowrie by the natives ' . It was first known as Five Islands , but the name of the group of five islands off Red Point was transferred to part of the coastal district fifty miles ...
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... district . Kiki SA Aboriginal . Water hole where worms are found . Kiacatoo NSW Aboriginal . Shovel . The name of an early pastoral holding . Kiama NSW Aboriginal . A wide variety of translations has been suggested : Where the sea makes ...
... district . Kiki SA Aboriginal . Water hole where worms are found . Kiacatoo NSW Aboriginal . Shovel . The name of an early pastoral holding . Kiama NSW Aboriginal . A wide variety of translations has been suggested : Where the sea makes ...
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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