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View More Australia Philately: Places of Australia (Pre-European)A B C D E Eyre, Edward John F G Gould, William Buelow H I J K L Leichhardt, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig M N O Oxley, John P Phillip, Arthur Q R S T U V Vancouver, George W X Y Z
View More Australia Philately: People of AustraliaA B Black Town Burwood Farm C D E Elizabeth Farm F G Government House (Rose Hill) H I J K Kurnell L M N O P Parramatta Parramatta Road Q R Rose Hill Ryde S Sarah Island Second Government Farm Sydney Cove T The Rocks Third Government Farm U…
View More Australia Philately: Places of AustraliaRose Hill, named after British politician George Rose, was founded 4 November 1788. It was established on the land of the Burramattagal clan of the Darug people. The Darug people called the area Burramatta (eel place) and regarded it as rich in food from the river and forests. After the…
View More Australia Philately: Rose HillOn 18 January 1788, the First Fleet led by Captain Arthur Phillip, founded the penal colony of New South Wales on the East Coast of Terra Australis. The western part of the continent remained as New Holland. The colony was formally proclaimed by Governor Phillip on 7 February 1788 at…
View More Australia Philately: The Early Years (1788-1810)James Matra – who had been a midshipman on Endeavour (under the name of ‘Magra’) and who later became a diplomat – proposed the idea of a colony in New South Wales in August 1783, with the support of Joseph Banks. The American War of Independence had been under way…
View More Australia Philately: Decision to Settle (1783-1787)John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1784 -1828) was an explorer and surveyor of New South Wales (NSW) in the early period of British settlement. In 1799 (aged 15), he entered the Royal Navy as a midshipman. In October 1802 he travelled to NSW as master’s mate of the naval vessel…
View More Australia Philately: John OxleyGangaar is located on the mouth of the Wahalumbaal river in Yalanji. The name means “(Place of the) Rock Crystals“. Quartz crystals were used in various Aboriginal ceremonies across the continent and are found in the vicinity; they were traded from Gangaar as far as 300 kilometres south and possibly…
View More Australia Philately: GangaarKurnell is the Anglicised version of Cunnel, the land of the Gweagal people. It is the place where Lieutenant James Cook and his crew landed on 29 April 1770 whilst navigating his way up the East Coast of Australia on Endeavour. Cook and his men stayed at Kurnell for a…
View More Australia Philately: KurnellCunnel was located in Gweagal, Dharawal and was home to the Gweagal people. The Gweagal people were the guardians of sacred white clay pits on their territorial land. The white clay had a multitude of uses and was used to line the bottom of the canoes to make a base…
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