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  • Beginnings
    • In the Beginning an Autobiographical Elements
    • The Evolution and the Outcome
    • Perceptions, Strands and Starting Points
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      • 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?
        • Bindal
        • Biri
        • Biyaygiri
        • Darumbal
        • Darumbal (language)
        • Djabugay
        • Djiru
        • Ewamian
        • Gia
        • Gugu Badhun
        • Guugu Yimithirr
        • Guwinmal
        • Kokomini
        • Kokowara
        • Kuku Nyungkal
        • Kuku-Yalanji
        • Lama Lama
        • Manbarra
        • Muluridji
        • Mutumui
        • Nyawigi
        • Warrgamay (language)
        • Wulgurukaba
        • Yangga
        • Yidinji
        • Yilba
        • Yirrganydji
        • 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
  • People
    • Englishmen and their associates
      • William Bligh
      • James Cook
    • 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
    • Australia
      • Matthew Flinders
      • Edmund Kennedy
      • Phillip Parker King
      • Ludwig Leichhardt
      • John Oxley
    • 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
  • Places
    • Antecedents
      • The Age of Discovery; Colonial Empires
        • Batavia
        • Brazil
        • Malacca
      • The Ancient World
      • Australia
    • Continents, Islands, Nations, Oceans et cetera
      • Islands of Gold
      • Maluku Islands
      • New Guinea
      • Pacific Ocean
      • Terra Australis Incognita
    • Queensland
      • Brisbane
        • Auchenflower
      • Marlborough
      • Ogmore
      • Port Clinton
      • Rockhampton
    • The North
      • Around the Coast
        • Albatross Bay
        • Arafura Sea
        • Bowling Green Bay
        • Cape Bowling Green
        • Cape Palmerston
        • Cape Tribulation
        • Cape Gloucester
        • Cape York
        • Coral Sea
        • Duyfken Point
        • Great Palm island
        • Gulf of Carpentaria
        • Palm Island Group
        • Torres Strait
      • Goldfields and Mineral Deposits
        • Hodgkinson Minerals Area
          • KIngsborough
          • Thornborough
        • Palmer Goldfield
          • Maytown
          • Palmerville
      • Landforms, Landmarks and Topographic Features
        • Barron Gorge
        • Mount Elliot
      • Highways and Thoroughfares
        • Bloomfield Track
        • Bruce Highway
        • The Bump Track
        • Gillies Highway
        • Kennedy Highway
        • Kuranda Range Road
        • Mulligan Highway
        • Nathan Street (Townsville)
        • Palmer River Roadhouse
        • Palmerston Highway
        • Ross River Road
      • Rivers, Streams and Bodies of Water
        • Alligator Creek
        • Baratta Creek
        • Bloomfield River
        • Burdekin River
        • Laura 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
          • Lakeland
          • Laura
        • 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
          • 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
        • Palm Island Aboriginal Council
        • Pioneer Valley
        • Pormpuraaw Aboriginal Shire
        • Richmond Shire
        • Tablelands Region
          • Atherton area
          • Eacham area
            • Millaa Millaa
          • Herberton area
          • Others
        • Torres Shire
        • Torres Strait Island Region
        • Townsville City
        • 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
        • Ingham
        • Mackay
        • Mareeba
        • Port Douglas
        • Proserpine
        • Ravenswood
        • Sarina
        • Townsville
  • Vocabulary
    • migaloo
• Bibliographic References
  • Books
  • Journal, dictionary and newspaper articles
  • Theses and Dissertations
  • Newspapers
  • On-line resources
  • Maps, Charts and Photographs
• Spare
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About The North

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