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... name Lake Illawarra was finally adopted and the name Tom Thumb's Lagoon was given to a stretch of water at Port Kembla . Illbillee SA Aboriginal . The meaning is not known , but someone once said that ' when the Aborigines named it they ...
... name Lake Illawarra was finally adopted and the name Tom Thumb's Lagoon was given to a stretch of water at Port Kembla . Illbillee SA Aboriginal . The meaning is not known , but someone once said that ' when the Aborigines named it they ...
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... named the peak Mount Hooker after the noted English botanist . Lindesay's name was given to the peak now known as Mount Barney , but a reallocation was made later . The Aboriginal name of the present Mount Lindesay was Talcumbin or ...
... named the peak Mount Hooker after the noted English botanist . Lindesay's name was given to the peak now known as Mount Barney , but a reallocation was made later . The Aboriginal name of the present Mount Lindesay was Talcumbin or ...
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... name was Patpungga . Ravenshoe Q A. E. Martin notes that when the locality was first surveyed , a tattered copy of Charles Kingsley's Ravenshoe was found in a tree . Ravenswood V A local inn bore this name ... given because of the reddish ...
... name was Patpungga . Ravenshoe Q A. E. Martin notes that when the locality was first surveyed , a tattered copy of Charles Kingsley's Ravenshoe was found in a tree . Ravenswood V A local inn bore this name ... given because of the reddish ...
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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