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• Something About The North
  • Beginnings
    • In the Beginning an Autobiographical Elements
    • The Evolution and the Outcome
    • Perceptions, Strands and Starting Points
      • Perspectives
      • Starting Points
      • Strands
  • The North
    • Outlines
    • Borders
    • Australia
    • Queensland
• The Bookshelf
  • Recollection and Reconstruction
    • Preface and Foreword
    • Northward Bound
    • What We Left Behind
      • My Familiar Territory
      • Maiwar and Meanjin
      • Early Brisbane
      • Migaloo Auchenflower
      • Suburban Auchenflower
    • What We Found
      • Arriving
      • Townsville's Original Footprint
      • 'Course When I Come Here This Was All Scrub
  • Reflection and Reminiscence
    • An Elegant Queenslander in Auchenflower
    • A Catholic nunnery in a thoroughly Protestant neighbourhood
    • Milton State School
    • A Move to Townsville
  • Origins, Indigenes and Antecedents
    • Origins
      • In The Beginning
      • On the Surface: Shaping the Land
      • On the Surface: Vegetation and Climate
    • Indigenes
      • Out of Africa
      • Flora, Fauna and Megafauna
      • The Human Landscape
      • What Mob Is That?
        • Ajabatha
        • Anggamudi
        • Anguthimri
        • Araba
        • Awngthim (language)
        • Bakanh
        • Bindal
        • Biri (Language)
        • Birri Gubba
        • Biyaygiri
        • Darumbal
        • Darumbal (language)
        • Djabugay
        • Djiru
        • Ewamian
        • Gangulu
        • Gia
        • Gudjal
        • Gugu Badhun
        • Guugu Yimithirr
        • Guwinmal
        • Kaantju
        • Kaurareg
        • Kawadji (collective term)
        • Kalaw Kawaw Ya
        • Kalaw Lagaw Ya
        • Koknar
        • Koko-Bera
        • Kokomini
        • Kokowara
        • Kuku Nyungkal
        • Kuku-Yalanji
        • Kulkalgau Ya (dialect)
        • Kunjen (language)
        • Kurtjar
        • Kuthant
        • Kuuku-yani
        • Kuuku-y'au
        • Lama Lama
        • Luthigh
        • Manbarra
        • Mayabic language group
        • Mayi-Kulan
        • Mbara
        • Mbewum
        • Meriam (people)
        • Meriam Mir (language)
        • Mpalityan
        • Muluridji
        • Muralag
        • Mutumui
        • Nggamadi
        • Nyawigi
        • Pama–Nyungan languages
        • Takalak
        • Teppathiggi
        • Thaayorre
        • Tjungundji
        • Umbindhamu
        • Umpila (dialect cluster)
        • Umpila (people)
        • Uradhi (dialect cluster)
        • Uutaalnganu
        • Walangama
        • Warrgamay (language)
        • Wik peoples
        • Wik-Mungkan
        • Winduwinda
        • Wulgurukaba
        • Wuthathi
        • Yadhaykenu
        • Yangga
        • Yidinji
        • Yilba
        • Yinwum
        • Yirandali
        • Yirrganydji
        • Yir-Yoront
        • Yupungathi
        • Yupungathi (dialect)
        • Yuru
        • Yuwibara
    • Antecedents
  • Mapping The North
    • Prelude: Tracing an Outline
      • Perceptions and Misconceptions
      • Six Voyages
        • Luis Vaez Torres with the San Pedro and Los Tres Reyes (1606)
        • Willem Jansz in the Duyfken (1606)
        • Jan Carstensz with the Pera and Arnhem (1623)
        • Abel Tasman with the Limmen, Zeemeeuw and the Bracq (1644)
        • Jean Etienne Gonzal in the Rijder and Ludowijk Van Asschens in the Buijs (1756)
        • James Cook in the Endeavour (1770)
    • Adding Detail
    • North Queensland
  • Themes and Variations
  • Reference Material
  • Texts, Sources and Readings
• The Filing Cabinet
  • The North
  • Ages, Eras and Events
  • Books and Literary Works
  • Items, Entities et cetera
    • The Ancient World
      • Amphictyonic Leagues
      • Library of Alexandria
    • Portugal
      • Portuguese India Armadas
    • Spain
      • Manila galleons
    • The Netherlands
      • States-General
      • Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
  • People
    • Australia
      • Matthew Flinders
      • Edmund Kennedy
      • Phillip Parker King
      • Ludwig Leichhardt
      • John Oxley
    • Authors
    • Englishmen and their associates
      • Joseph Banks
      • William Bligh
      • James Cook
      • Alexander Dalrymple
      • William Dampier
      • Woodes Rogers
    • Frenchmen
      • Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville
    • Iberians
      • Bartolomeu Dias
      • Vasco da Gama
      • Fernão de Magalhães
      • Alvaro de Mendaña y Neira
      • Pedro Fernández de Quirós
      • Luis Váez de Torres
    • Italians
      • Marco Polo
    • Netherlanders
      • Hendrik Brouwer
      • Jan Carstensz
      • Willem Jansz
      • Abel Janszoon Tasman
      • Cornelius Wytfliet
    • The North
      • Andrew Ball
      • Richard Daintree
      • George Elphinstone Dalrymple
      • Ezra Firth
      • James Morrill
      • James Venture Mulligan
      • Christie Palmerston
      • Captain Henry Sinclair
      • Lieutenant J.W. Smith
      • William ("Bill") Smith
      • Robert Towns
  • Places
    • Antecedents
      • The Age of Discovery; Colonial Empires
        • Batavia
        • Brazil
        • Malacca
      • The Ancient World
      • Queensland
    • Australia
      • Great Dividing Range
    • Continents, Islands, Nations, Oceans et cetera
      • Cape Horn
      • Islands of Gold
      • Juan Fernández Islands
      • Maluku Islands
      • New Guinea
      • Pacific Ocean
      • South Pacific Ocean ('The South Seas')
      • Terra Australis Incognita
    • Queensland
      • Cities, Towns, Districts and Settlements
        • Brisbane
        • Brisbane Suburbs
          • Auchenflower
        • Marlborough
        • Maryborough
        • Ogmore
        • Port Curtis
        • Rockhampton
      • Coastal Features and Waterways
        • Moreton Bay
        • Port Bowen / Port Clinton
      • Physical Features
    • The North
      • Around the Coast
        • Arafura Sea
        • Bays (Alphabetical Listing)
          • Albatross Bay
          • Bowling Green Bay
          • Cleveland Bay
          • Port Musgrave
          • Princess Charlotte Bay
          • Upstart Bay
        • Bowling Green Bay
        • Capes (Alphabetical listing)
          • Bowling Green
          • Cleveland
          • Gloucester
          • Palmerston
          • Tribulation
          • Upstart
          • York
        • Cape Bowling Green
        • Cape Palmerston
        • Cape Tribulation
        • Cape Gloucester
        • Cape York
        • Coral Sea
        • Duyfken Point
        • Great Palm island
        • Gulf of Carpentaria
        • Island Groups (Alphabetical listing)
          • Murray Islands
          • Torres Strait Islands
        • Islands (Alphabetical Listing)
          • Badu (Mulgrave Island)
          • Boigu (Talbot Island)
          • Crab Island
          • Dauan (Mt Cornwallis Island)
          • Dauar
          • Erub (Darnley Island)
          • Hinchinbrook Island
          • Iama (Yam Island)
          • Kauamag
          • Kirriri (Hammond Island)
          • Mabuaig (Jervis Island)
          • Masig (Yorke Island)
          • Mer (Murray Island)
          • Moa Island
          • Muralug (Prince of Wales Island)
          • Ngurupai (Horn Island)
          • Night Island
          • Poruma (Coconut Island)
          • Possession Island
          • Saibai
          • Ugar (Stephen Island)
          • Waiben (Thursday Island)
          • Waier
          • Warraber (Sue Island)
        • Palm Island Group
        • Points and Headlands
          • Duyfken Point
          • Mutee Head
          • Vrilya Point
        • Straits and Passages (Alphabetical listing)
          • Endeavour Strait
          • Torres Strait
        • Torres Strait
      • Buildings, Structures, Facilities, Institutions and Amenities
        • James Cook University
        • Lavarack Barracks
        • Mindham Park (Townsville)
        • Stockland Nathan Plaza
      • Goldfields and Mineral Deposits
        • Hamilton Goldfield
        • Hodgkinson Minerals Area
          • KIngsborough
          • Thornborough
        • Palmer Goldfield
          • Maytown
          • Palmerville
      • Landforms, Landmarks and Topographic Features
        • Barron Gorge
        • Mount Elliot
        • Mountains (Alphabetical listing)
          • Castle Hill
          • Elliot, Mount
        • Ranges (Alphabetical listing)
          • Clarke Range
          • Leichhardt Range
      • Highways and Thoroughfares
        • Bloomfield Track
        • Bowen Road
        • Bruce Highway
        • The Bump Track
        • Charters Towers Road
        • Dalrymple Road
        • Flinders Highway
        • Garbutt-Upper Ross Road
        • Gillies Highway
        • Kennedy Highway
        • Kuranda Range Road
        • Mulligan Highway
        • Nathan Street (Townsville)
        • Palmer River Roadhouse
        • Palmerston Highway
        • Rising Sun Intersection
        • Ross River Road
        • Townsville Connection Road
      • Items, Entities et cetera
      • Rivers, Streams and Bodies of Water
        • Alligator Creek
        • Baratta Creek
        • Barron River
        • Black River
        • Bloomfield River
        • Bohle River
        • Bowen River
        • Burdekin River
        • Jardine River
        • Laura River
        • Mission River
        • Nomenade Creek
        • Ross River
        • Ross River Dam (Lake Ross)
        • Stewart River
        • Wenlock River
      • Regions, Districts and Local Government Areas
        • Atherton Tablelands
        • Aurukun Shire
        • Burdekin Shire
          • Brandon
          • Clare
          • Dalbeg
          • Millaroo
        • Burke Shire
        • Cairns Region
          • Cairns Central Area
          • Northern Mulgrave area
            • Smithfield
          • Southern Mulgrave area
            • Gordonvale
        • Cape York Peninsula (a.k.a. 'The Cape')
        • Carpentaria Shire
        • Cassowary Coast Region
          • Greater Innisfail area
          • Greater Tully area
          • Johnstone Area
            • Mission Beach
        • Charters Towers Region
          • Pentland
        • Cloncurry Shire
        • Cook Shire
          • Ebagoolah
          • Lakeland
          • Laura
          • Mission River
        • Croydon Shire
        • Doomadgee Aboriginal Shire
        • Douglas Shire
        • Dry Tropics
        • Eacham Shire
        • Etheridge Shire
          • Einasleigh
          • Forsayth
          • Mount Surprise
        • Flinders Shire
        • Hinchinbrook Shire
          • Halifax
        • Hope Vale Aboriginal Shire
        • Isaac Region
          • Belyando area
          • Broadsound area
            • Carmila
            • Clairview
            • Flaggy Rock
            • St Lawrence
          • Nebo area
        • Kowanyama Aboriginal Shire
        • Lockhart River Aboriginal Shire
        • Mackay Region
          • Mackay Suburbs
            • Ooralea
          • Mackay Towns
            • Farleigh
            • Kuttabul
          • Mackay Localities
          • National Parks
          • Mirani area
            • Eungella
            • Netherdale
          • Sarina area
            • Koumala
        • Mapoon Aboriginal Shire
        • Mareeba Shire
          • Biboohra
          • Dimbulah
          • Kuranda
          • Mount Carbine
          • Mount Molloy
        • McKinlay Shire
        • Mornington Shire
        • Mount Isa (City)
        • Napranum Aboriginal Council
        • Northern Peninsula Area Region
          • Seisia
        • Palm Island Aboriginal Council
        • Pioneer Valley
        • Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire
        • Richmond Shire
        • Tablelands Region
          • Atherton area
          • Eacham area
            • Millaa Millaa
            • Yungaburra
          • Herberton area
          • Others
        • Torres Shire
        • Torres Strait Island Region
        • Townsville City
          • Greater Townsville
            • Aitkenvale
            • Annandale
            • Douglas
            • Heatley
            • Hermit Park
            • Hyde Park
            • Mysterton
            • Rosslea
            • Vincent
          • Rural Townsville
          • Magnetic Island
          • Urban Thuringowa
            • Condon
            • Kelso
            • Kirwan
            • Rasmussen
          • Rural Thuringowa
        • Weipa Town
        • Whitsunday Region (a.k.a. 'The Whitsundays')
          • Bowen area
            • Mount Coolon
          • Whitsunday area
        • Wujal Wujal Aboriginal Shire
        • Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire
      • Significant Centres
        • Atherton
        • Ayr
        • Bowen
        • Cairns
        • Charters Towers
        • Collinsville
        • Cooktown
        • Home Hill
        • Hughenden
        • Ingham
        • Mackay
        • Mareeba
        • Port Douglas
        • Proserpine
        • Ravenswood
        • Sarina
        • Townsville
  • Trains, Boats and Planes and Assorted Other Forms of Transport
    • Queensland
      • Great Northern Railway
      • Rockhampton Mail (train)
  • Vocabulary
    • buccaneers
    • corsairs
    • letters of marque
    • migaloo
    • pirate
    • privateer
  • Wars, Treaties and Other Diplomatic Matters
    • Papal Bulls and Edicts (Alphabetical listing)
      • Aeterni regis
      • Bulls of Donation
    • Treaties (Alphabetical listing by century)
    • Wars (Alphabetical listing by centuries)
      • 18th Century
        • Seven Years' War (1756 to 1763)
• Bibliographic References
  • Books
  • Journal, dictionary and newspaper articles
  • Theses and Dissertations
  • Newspapers
  • On-line resources
  • Maps, Charts and Photographs
• Links
  • Iberians
• Site Map
• Blog

About The North

A Virtual Bookshelf and Filing Cabinet