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... township in Scotland . Abrolhos Islands WA Abundance , Mount Q See Houtman's Abrolhos Islands . After T. L. Mitchell's expedition left Boree , near Orange , in December 1845 , promising country was found in the Maranoa region . The ...
... township in Scotland . Abrolhos Islands WA Abundance , Mount Q See Houtman's Abrolhos Islands . After T. L. Mitchell's expedition left Boree , near Orange , in December 1845 , promising country was found in the Maranoa region . The ...
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... township was surveyed in 1839 it was given this name . As it was unmanageable , it was changed to Aldbury , probably after Aldbury in Hertfordshire . Later the ' d ' was dropped and it became Albury . Aldbury means ' Old fort ...
... township was surveyed in 1839 it was given this name . As it was unmanageable , it was changed to Aldbury , probably after Aldbury in Hertfordshire . Later the ' d ' was dropped and it became Albury . Aldbury means ' Old fort ...
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... township laid out by William Coulthard in 1854 was first known as Gum Park , or Angas Park , for it was on property originally owned by George Fife Angas . Nuyts Archipelago SA Named by Flinders in 1802 after Pieter Nuyts or Nuijts , a ...
... township laid out by William Coulthard in 1854 was first known as Gum Park , or Angas Park , for it was on property originally owned by George Fife Angas . Nuyts Archipelago SA Named by Flinders in 1802 after Pieter Nuyts or Nuijts , a ...
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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