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... Town NSW Named after and planned for the same purpose as Boys ' Town in the United States , to rehabilitate neglected and delinquent boys . It was founded in 1939 by Father T. V. Dunlea . Brachina Gorge SA Aboriginal . River red gums ...
... Town NSW Named after and planned for the same purpose as Boys ' Town in the United States , to rehabilitate neglected and delinquent boys . It was founded in 1939 by Father T. V. Dunlea . Brachina Gorge SA Aboriginal . River red gums ...
Page 103
... town site was first settled in 1849 by William Geeves who , with his family , took up land in Lightwood Bottom , as it was then known . It was named Geeves Town in 1861 and then changed to Geeveston . Gembrook V So named because of the ...
... town site was first settled in 1849 by William Geeves who , with his family , took up land in Lightwood Bottom , as it was then known . It was named Geeves Town in 1861 and then changed to Geeveston . Gembrook V So named because of the ...
Page 156
... town has been referred to as the town of the four gs - girls , goats , galahs , and glass bottles . Aboriginal . Hill . Moriac V Morisset NSW After Lieut - Colonel James Thomas Morisset , who was in command at Newcastle at one time ...
... town has been referred to as the town of the four gs - girls , goats , galahs , and glass bottles . Aboriginal . Hill . Moriac V Morisset NSW After Lieut - Colonel James Thomas Morisset , who was in command at Newcastle at one time ...
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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