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... wrote in his Journal on 15 May : ' This place having black , wild appearance I have this day named it Black - Heath . It affords however plenty of good water for man and beast and tolerable good feed for the latter . ' Major Antill was ...
... wrote in his Journal on 15 May : ' This place having black , wild appearance I have this day named it Black - Heath . It affords however plenty of good water for man and beast and tolerable good feed for the latter . ' Major Antill was ...
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... wrote in his Journal in 1813 : ' . .a remarkable Sugar Loaf Hill having a stone on the Peak of it , which I have named after myself " . Everard , Cape V See Point Hicks Hill . Everard Range SA Discovered by W. C. Gosse in 1873 , and ...
... wrote in his Journal in 1813 : ' . .a remarkable Sugar Loaf Hill having a stone on the Peak of it , which I have named after myself " . Everard , Cape V See Point Hicks Hill . Everard Range SA Discovered by W. C. Gosse in 1873 , and ...
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... wrote : ' I have named it Point Hicks , because Lieut Hicks was the first who discover'd this Land . ' The point of land named by Cook after Lieut Zacchary Hicks cannot be identified with certainty , but it is generally recognised as ...
... wrote : ' I have named it Point Hicks , because Lieut Hicks was the first who discover'd this Land . ' The point of land named by Cook after Lieut Zacchary Hicks cannot be identified with certainty , but it is generally recognised as ...
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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