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... explorers of British extraction chose names of eminent British personalities , shipmates , and friends , as well as descriptive terms . Then came the explorers of the inland regions who followed the same practice as the seafarers , and ...
... explorers of British extraction chose names of eminent British personalities , shipmates , and friends , as well as descriptive terms . Then came the explorers of the inland regions who followed the same practice as the seafarers , and ...
Page 53
... explorers long before this , and the bay marked on their charts as a ' river- like opening ' . Caley Hills ; Caley's Repulse NSW After George Caley , botanist and explorer . According to one account , a cairn on the hilltop was erected ...
... explorers long before this , and the bay marked on their charts as a ' river- like opening ' . Caley Hills ; Caley's Repulse NSW After George Caley , botanist and explorer . According to one account , a cairn on the hilltop was erected ...
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... explorer , was the first to reach the site , and named Camp Hill , now the main residential district of the town . Forrest WA Named after Sir John Forrest , the forcible first Premier of Western Australia under responsible government ...
... explorer , was the first to reach the site , and named Camp Hill , now the main residential district of the town . Forrest WA Named after Sir John Forrest , the forcible first Premier of Western Australia under responsible government ...
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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