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... gold there and started a gold rush , but in 1868 it reverted to its Aboriginal name . Hahndorf SA In December 1838 Captain D. M. Hahn arrived in South Australia on the Danish vessel Zebra with 187 German Lutheran immigrants . They ...
... gold there and started a gold rush , but in 1868 it reverted to its Aboriginal name . Hahndorf SA In December 1838 Captain D. M. Hahn arrived in South Australia on the Danish vessel Zebra with 187 German Lutheran immigrants . They ...
Page 169
... gold , in the Old Testament , e.g. Job , 22-24 : ' Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust , and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks . ' Orange NSW After the Prince of Orange , later King of the Netherlands . T. L. Mitchell , who ...
... gold , in the Old Testament , e.g. Job , 22-24 : ' Then shalt thou lay up gold as dust , and the gold of Ophir as the stones of the brooks . ' Orange NSW After the Prince of Orange , later King of the Netherlands . T. L. Mitchell , who ...
Page 191
... gold was discovered here in 1853 the young township was known as the Wet Diggings . It was later changed to Rushworth , reputedly from the remark of a gold fields warden who said it was ' a gold rush worth while ' . Russell River Q ...
... gold was discovered here in 1853 the young township was known as the Wet Diggings . It was later changed to Rushworth , reputedly from the remark of a gold fields warden who said it was ' a gold rush worth while ' . Russell River Q ...
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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