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John Murray (Australian explorer)

Index John Murray (Australian explorer)

John Murray (c.1775–c.1807) was a seaman and explorer of Australia. [1]

36 relations: Arthur's Seat, Arthurs Seat, Victoria, Caulking, Circumnavigation, Cumberland Islands (Queensland), Deal Island (Tasmania), Edinburgh, Erith Island, Fathom, Geelong, Greenwich Park, HMS Apollo (1794), HMS Glatton (1795), HMS Lady Nelson (1798), HMS Polyphemus (1782), HMS Porpoise (1799), Hunter River (New South Wales), James Grant (navigator), Jervis Bay, Joseph Banks, Kent Group, King Island (Tasmania), Matthew Flinders, Melbourne, Midshipman, Navy Board, New South Wales, Norfolk Island, Pelican, Philip Gidley King, Port Phillip, State Library of Victoria, Swan, Swan Island (Victoria), Sydney, Western Port.

Arthur's Seat

Arthur's Seat is the main peak of the group of hills in Edinburgh, Scotland which form most of Holyrood Park, described by Robert Louis Stevenson as "a hill for magnitude, a mountain in virtue of its bold design".

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Arthurs Seat, Victoria

Arthurs Seat is a mountainous and small locality on the Mornington Peninsula, within the Shire of Mornington Peninsula, about 75 km south east of Melbourne, Australia, noted for its exclusivity and the general affluence of the demographics which make up the enclave.

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Caulking

Caulking is both the processes and material (also called sealant) to seal joints or seams in various structures and some types of piping.

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Circumnavigation

Circumnavigation is navigation completely around an entire island, continent, or astronomical body (e.g. a planet or moon).

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Cumberland Islands (Queensland)

The Cumberland Islands form a group of 70 islands at on the Great Barrier Reef, off the coast of Mackay in Queensland, Australia.

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Deal Island (Tasmania)

Deal Island, the largest island of the Kent Group, is a granite island, located in northern Bass Strait, that lies between the Furneaux Group, north-east of Tasmania and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.

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Edinburgh

Edinburgh (Dùn Èideann; Edinburgh) is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 council areas.

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Erith Island

Erith Island, the second largest island in the Kent Group, is a densely vegetated and unpopulated granite island with steep slopes, located in the Bass Strait, lying off the north-east coast of Tasmania, between the Furneaux Group and Wilsons Promontory in Victoria, Australia.

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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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Geelong

Geelong is a port city located on Corio Bay and the Barwon River, in the state of Victoria, Australia.Geelong is south-west of the state capital, Melbourne.

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Greenwich Park

Greenwich Park is a former hunting park in Greenwich and one of the largest single green spaces in south-east London.

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HMS Apollo (1794)

HMS Apollo, the third ship of the Royal Navy to be named for the Greek god Apollo, was a 38-gun ''Artois''-class fifth rate frigate of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Glatton (1795)

HMS Glatton was a 56-gun fourth rate of the Royal Navy.

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HMS Lady Nelson (1798)

His Majestys Armed Survey Vessel Lady Nelson was commissioned in 1799 to survey the coast of Australia.

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HMS Polyphemus (1782)

HMS Polyphemus, a 64-gun third-rate ship of the line of the Royal Navy, launched on 27 April 1782 at Sheerness.

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HMS Porpoise (1799)

HMS Porpoise was a 12-gun sloop originally built in Bilbao, Spain, as the packet ship Infanta Amelia.

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Hunter River (New South Wales)

The Hunter River is a major river in New South Wales, Australia.

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James Grant (navigator)

James Grant (1772 – 11 November 1833) was a British Royal Navy officer and navigator in the early nineteenth century.

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Jervis Bay

Jervis Bay is a oceanic bay and village on the south coast of New South Wales, Australia, said to possess the whitest sand in the world.

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Joseph Banks

Sir Joseph Banks, 1st Baronet, (19 June 1820) was an English naturalist, botanist and patron of the natural sciences.

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Kent Group

The Kent Group are a grouping of six granite islands located in Bass Strait, north-west of the Furneaux Group in Tasmania, Australia.

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King Island (Tasmania)

King Island is an island in the Bass Strait, belonging to the Australian state of Tasmania.

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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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Melbourne

Melbourne is the state capital of Victoria and the second-most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Midshipman

A midshipman is an officer of the junior-most rank, in the Royal Navy, United States Navy, and many Commonwealth navies.

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Navy Board

The Navy Board also known as the Navy Office and formerly known as the Council of the Marine or Council of the Marine Causes was the organisation with responsibility for day-to-day civil administration of the Royal Navy between 1546 and 1832.

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New South Wales

New South Wales (abbreviated as NSW) is a state on the east coast of:Australia.

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Norfolk Island

Norfolk Island (Norfuk: Norf'k Ailen) is a small island in the Pacific Ocean located between Australia, New Zealand, and New Caledonia, directly east of mainland Australia's Evans Head, and about from Lord Howe Island.

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Pelican

Pelicans are a genus of large water birds that make up the family Pelecanidae.

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Philip Gidley King

Captain Philip Gidley King (23 April 1758 – 3 September 1808) was the third Governor of New South Wales, and did much to civilise the young colony in the face of great obstacles.

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Port Phillip

Port Phillip (also commonly referred to as Port Phillip Bay or (locally) just The Bay), is a large bay in southern Victoria, Australia; it is the location of Melbourne.

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State Library of Victoria

State Library Victoria is the central library of the state of Victoria, Australia, located in Melbourne.

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Swan

Swans are birds of the family Anatidae within the genus Cygnus.

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Swan Island (Victoria)

Swan Island is a 1.4 km2 sand barrier island which, with Duck Island and the Edwards Point spit, separate Swan Bay from Port Phillip in Victoria, Australia.

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Sydney

Sydney is the state capital of New South Wales and the most populous city in Australia and Oceania.

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Western Port

Western Port, commonly but unofficially known as Western Port Bay, is a large tidal bay in southern Victoria, Australia, opening into Bass Strait.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Murray_(Australian_explorer)

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