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55 relations: Abel Tasman, Arafura Sea, Archer River, Arnhem Land, Australia, Burke and Wills expedition, Burketown, Queensland, Bynoe River, Calvert River, Cape York Peninsula, Coral Sea, European maritime exploration of Australia, Fathom, Flinders River, Geoscience Australia, Gilbert River (Queensland), Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies, Great Dividing Range, Groote Eylandt, Gulf Country, Ice age, Jan Carstenszoon, Janszoon voyage of 1605–06, Karumba, Queensland, Leichhardt River, Matthew Flinders, McArthur River, McArthur River zinc mine, Melbourne, Mitchell River (Queensland), Morning Glory cloud, New Guinea, Norman River, Northern Territory, Pieter de Carpentier, Robert O'Hara Burke, Roper River, RV Southern Surveyor, Sahul Shelf, Sea, Seagrass, Shrimp, Slade Point, Queensland, Staaten River, Tidal range, Top End, Torres Strait, Townsville, Tropical cyclone, Victoria (Australia), ..., Walker River (Northern Territory), Wenlock River, Willem Janszoon, William John Wills, Wilton River. Expand index (5 more) »
Abel Tasman
Abel Janszoon Tasman (1603 – 10 October 1659) was a Dutch seafarer, explorer, and merchant, best known for his voyages of 1642 and 1644 in the service of the Dutch East India Company (VOC).
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Arafura Sea
The Arafura Sea lies west of the Pacific Ocean overlying the continental shelf between Australia and Indonesian New Guinea.
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Archer River
The Archer River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula, Far North Queensland, Australia.
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Arnhem Land
Arnhem Land is one of the five regions of the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and numerous smaller islands.
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Burke and Wills expedition
The Burke and Wills expedition was an Australian exploration expedition in 1860–61 of 19 men, led by Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, with the objective of crossing Australia from Melbourne in the south, to the Gulf of Carpentaria in the north, a distance of around 3,250 kilometres (approximately 2,000 miles).
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Burketown, Queensland
Burketown is an isolated town and locality in the far north-western Shire of Burke, Queensland, Australia.
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Bynoe River
The Bynoe River, also called the Little Bynoe River, is an arm of the Flinders River delta in the Gulf of Carpentaria.
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Calvert River
The Calvert River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia.
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Cape York Peninsula
Cape York Peninsula is a large remote peninsula located in Far North Queensland, Australia.
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Coral Sea
The Coral Sea is a marginal sea of the South Pacific off the northeast coast of Australia, and classified as an interim Australian bioregion.
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European maritime exploration of Australia
The maritime European exploration of Australia consisted of several waves of white European seafarers that sailed the edges of the Australian continent.
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Fathom
A fathom is a unit of length in the imperial and the U.S. customary systems equal to, used especially for measuring the depth of water.
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Flinders River
The Flinders River is the longest river in Queensland, Australia at approximately.
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Geoscience Australia
Geoscience Australia is an agency of the Australian Government.
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Gilbert River (Queensland)
The Gilbert River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia.
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Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies
The Governor-General of the Dutch East Indies (Gouverneur-generaal van Nederlands Indië) represented Dutch rule in the Dutch East Indies between 1610 and Dutch recognition of the independence of Indonesia in 1945.
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Great Dividing Range
The Great Dividing Range, or the Eastern Highlands, is Australia's most substantial mountain range and the third longest land-based range in the world.
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Groote Eylandt
Groote Eylandt is the largest island in the Gulf of Carpentaria and the fourth largest island in Australia.
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Gulf Country
The Gulf Country is the region of woodland and savanna grassland surrounding the Gulf of Carpentaria in north western Queensland and eastern Northern Territory on the north coast of Australia.
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Ice age
An ice age is a period of long-term reduction in the temperature of Earth's surface and atmosphere, resulting in the presence or expansion of continental and polar ice sheets and alpine glaciers.
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Jan Carstenszoon
Jan Carstenszoon or more commonly Jan Carstensz was a 17th-century Dutch explorer.
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Janszoon voyage of 1605–06
Willem Janszoon made the first recorded European landing on the Australian continent in 1606, sailing from Bantam, Java, in the Duyfken.
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Karumba, Queensland
Karumba is a town and locality in the Shire of Carpentaria, Queensland, Australia.
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Leichhardt River
The Leichhardt River is a river in north west Queensland, Australia.
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Matthew Flinders
Captain Matthew Flinders (16 March 1774 – 19 July 1814) was an English navigator and cartographer, who was the leader of the first circumnavigation of Australia and identified it as a continent.
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McArthur River
The McArthur River is a river in the Northern Territory of Australia which flows into the Gulf of Carpentaria at Port McArthur, opposite the Sir Edward Pellew Group of Islands.
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McArthur River zinc mine
The McArthur River mine is one of the world's largest zinc, lead and silver mines, situated about 70 kilometres southwest of Borroloola, near the Gulf of Carpentaria in the northeastern Northern Territory, Australia.
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Melbourne
Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.
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Mitchell River (Queensland)
The Mitchell River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia.
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Morning Glory cloud
The Morning Glory cloud is a rare meteorological phenomenon consisting of a low-level atmospheric solitary wave and associated cloud, occasionally observed in different locations around the world.
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New Guinea
New Guinea (Nugini or, more commonly known, Papua, historically, Irian) is a large island off the continent of Australia.
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Norman River
The Norman River is a river in Queensland, Australia.
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Northern Territory
The Northern Territory (abbreviated as NT) is a federal Australian territory in the central and central northern regions of Australia.
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Pieter de Carpentier
Pieter de Carpentier (19 February 1586 – 5 September 1659) was a Dutch, administrator of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) who served as Governor-General there from 1623 to 1627.
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Robert O'Hara Burke
Robert O'Hara Burke (6 May 1821c. 28 June 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer.
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Roper River
The Roper River is a large perennial river located in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory, Australia.
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RV Southern Surveyor
The RV Southern Surveyor was an Australian marine research vessel.
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Sahul Shelf
Geologically, the Sahul Shelf is part of the continental shelf of the Australian continent and lies off the coast of mainland Australia.
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Sea
A sea is a large body of salt water that is surrounded in whole or in part by land.
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Seagrass
Seagrasses are flowering plants (angiosperms) belonging to four families (Posidoniaceae, Zosteraceae, Hydrocharitaceae and Cymodoceaceae), all in the order Alismatales (in the class of monocotyledons), which grow in marine, fully saline environments.
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Shrimp
The term shrimp is used to refer to some decapod crustaceans, although the exact animals covered can vary.
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Slade Point, Queensland
Slade Point is a town and peninsular suburb of Mackay in the Mackay Region, Queensland, Australia.
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Staaten River
The Staaten River is a river located in Far North Queensland, Australia.
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Tidal range
The tidal range is the vertical difference between the high tide and the succeeding low tide.
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Top End
The Top End of Australia's Northern Territory is a geographical region encompassing the northernmost section of the Northern Territory, which aside from the Cape York Peninsula is the northernmost part of the Australian continent.
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Torres Strait
The Torres Strait is a strait which lies between Australia and the Melanesian island of New Guinea.
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Townsville
Townsville is a city on the north-eastern coast of Queensland, Australia.
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Tropical cyclone
A tropical cyclone is a rapidly rotating storm system characterized by a low-pressure center, a closed low-level atmospheric circulation, strong winds, and a spiral arrangement of thunderstorms that produce heavy rain.
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Victoria (Australia)
Victoria (abbreviated as Vic) is a state in south-eastern Australia.
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Walker River (Northern Territory)
The Walker River is a river in the Northern Territory, Australia.
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Wenlock River
The Wenlock River is a river located on the Cape York Peninsula in Far North Queensland, Australia.
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Willem Janszoon
Willem Janszoon (1570–1630), sometimes abbreviated to Willem Jansz., was a Dutch navigator and colonial governor.
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William John Wills
William John Wills (5 January 1834 – c.June/July 1861) was a British surveyor who also trained as a surgeon.
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Wilton River
The Wilton River is a large perennial river, and tributary of the Roper River located in the Katherine region of the Northern Territory, Australia.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gulf_of_Carpentaria
