Wollongong
So named after the Tom Thumb of Bass and Flinders, now called Lake Illawarra, just south of Wollongong. Valentine, James, Then and now : historic roads round Sydney, Sydney, 1939, p.188. Five Islands An early name, used by 1806, for the Illawarra. Alec H. Chisholm, The Australian Encyclopaedia: in ten volumes, Sydney, 1963, vol.4, p.94. Gibraltar Often shortened to The Gib was a name used by stockmen for Bowral, near Mittagong. Reed, A.W., Place-names of New South Wales : Their Origins and Meanings, Sydney, 1969, p.23. Good Dog Now called Cambewarra, just north west of Nowra on the south coast. Reed, A.W., Place-names of New South Wales : Their Origins and Meanings, Sydney, 1969, p.64. Hat Hill Now called Mount Keira, just west of Wollongong. Clark, Dymphna (trans. & ed.), Baron Charles von Hugel New Holland Journal : November 1833-October 1834, Melbourne, 1994, p.284. Jambora Now called Jamberoo, about 25 km south of Wollongong. Andrews, Alan E.J., Major Mitchell's map 1834 : the saga of the survey of the nineteen counties / Alan E. J. Andrews., Hobart, 1992, p.87. Long Brush A large forest between Illawarra and Kiama. Clark, Dymphna (trans. & ed.), Baron Charles von Hugel New Holland Journal : November 1833-October 1834, Melbourne, 1994, pp.401-2. Lupton's Inn Now the township of Bargo, about 20 km north east of Mittagong. Richmond, Mark, Hume Highway Melbourne ・・Sydney, Melbourne, 1970, p.98. Major Mitchell's Hill So named because Thomas Mitchell had all the trees cut down except one group to serve as a point in his trigonometrical survey. Now called Mount Warrawolong. Clark, Dymphna (trans. & ed.), Baron Charles von Hugel New Holland Journal : November 1833-October 1834, Melbourne, 1994, p.367. Martin Islands So named by Bass and Flinders after the boy who accompanied them in 1795. Now called the Five Isands near Port Kembla. Horwitz, Grahame, The Modern Encyclopaedia of Australia and New Zealand, Sydney, 1964, p.379. Mount Taurus Now called Mount Wanganderry about 60km west of Wollongong. Collins, Lieutenant-Colonel, An Account of the English Colony in New South Wales…, 2 vols, London, 1820, vol.2, pp.401-2. Red Point So named by Captain Cook in 1770, but renamed Port Kembla in 1892. Beaglehole, J.C. (ed.), The Voyage of the Endeavour, Cambridge, 1968, vol.1, p.303. Robertson Basin Now called Kiama Harbour. The name is said to mean where the sea makes a noise; on the south coast. Alec H. Chisholm, The Australian Encyclopaedia: in ten volumes, Sydney, 1963, vol.5. p.182. Terry's Meadows Renamed Albion Park in 1840, about 25 km south west of Wollongong. Reed, A.W., Place-names of New South Wales : Their Origins and Meanings, Sydney, 1969, p.2. The Five Islands A popular name for the Illawarra District derived from islands lying a few miles from the shore. Harris, Alexander, The Secrets of Alexander Harris, Sydney, 1961, p.145. Tom Thumb's Lagoon So named by Bass and Flinders in 1796 after the name of their boat. It is now called Lake Illawarra on the New South Wales south coast. The nearby Tom Thumb Lagoon is another separate body of water. Appleton, Richard and Barbara, The Cambridge Dictionary of Australian Places, Melbourne, 1992, p.165. Westmacott's Pass So named after its discoverer, Captain Robert March Westmacott; it is now called the Bulli Pass, just north of Wollongong. Macquarie, Lachlan, Journals of his tours in New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land 1810-1822, Sydney, 1956, p.261. |