Genealogy Australia

Written in 1944, this book is an interesting look at how places in Queensland, New Zealand, New Guinea and the Pacific area got their names.

Here's a few Examples:

Condamine, River
Thomas de la Condamine was aide-de-camp and military secretary to Governor Darling. He was mainly instrumental in founding a circulating library in 1826 out of which grew the great N.S.W. public library of today.

Tatarariki
From a legend telling how a tatara mat was thrown over a slave by a chief who then claimed him as his property.

Hood’s Island
A name bestowed by Cook to an island in the Marquesas after the midshipman who first saw it His surname is derived from an old Anglo-Saxon word for ‘hat.’

Fairfax Harbour
Name bestowed by Moresby in honour of his father, Admiral Sir Fairfax Moresby, who had been Commander-in-chief in the Pacific.

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