Place Names in Queensland, New Zealand and the Pacific

Media: DATA CD - 1 CD (111 pages)
Author: A. Martin
Year: (1944) 2010
ISBN: 9781921893902
Publisher: Archive Digital Books Australasia

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.

SAMPLE ENTRIES:

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.

This CD contains high quality scanned images of the original book, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
Any computer using Adobe (Acrobat) Reader 4 or later
Adobe Reader 6 or later is recommended for CDs with searchable text

ALSO AVAILABLE AS AN EBOOK:
Place Names in Queensland, New Zealand and the Pacific