NOMENCLATURE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA. 481 



May 18th, 1839; named by Governor Gawler (vide Government 

 Gazette, July 18th. 1839). from latitude 34° 18' northward. 



Frome River. — Discovered by Eyre ; named after the Surveyor- 

 General, 1840. 



Frome, Lake. — In the South-East. Discovered and named in May, 

 1844, by Mr. Burr, Deputy Surveyor-General, in company with 

 Messrs. Bonney, Gisborne, and the artist (French Angas), after the 

 Surveyor-General (Colonel Frome). 



Freelincf, Mount. — Named by Stuart, April 18th, 1860, after 

 Colonel Freeling, Surveyor-General. 



Field Rivfr. — Discovered by Captain Field, of Colonel Light's 

 surveying staff, in 1837. 



Flinders Island. — By Flinders, 1802, after his second lieutenant. 



Freeman s Noh. — Named by whalers in 1836, after a Malay 

 sailor, Avho brought in a vessel from Hobart by recognising the 

 headland. 



Freycinet Bay. — Named by Baudin, 1802, probably after his 

 first lieutenant, afterwards the author of " Voyage de Decouvertes 

 aux Terres Au.strales." 



Gamhier, Mount, Lake^. — Visited by Governor Grey and Deputy 

 Surveyor-General Burr, 1844; also then painted by Angas. 

 Surveyed and sounded by Mr. Blandowski, 1851. Rev. J. E. T. 

 Woods states in his " South Australian Geology," p. 227, that 

 Captain Sturt probably gave Mr. W. G. P. R. James some informa- 

 tion about them. Mr. Evelyn Sturt, one of the earliest settlers 

 there, probably gave the information. 



Gamhier., Mount. — Named by Lieutenant James Grant, in the 

 Lady Nelson, December 3rd, 1800, after Admiral Gambler. 

 Native name, " Ereng Balam." 



Gamhier Isles. — Named by Flinders, February, 1802, after 

 Admiral Gambler. 



Grantham Island. — Named by Flinders, in 1802. 



Glenelg. — Named by Governor Gawler early in 1839 after the 

 Right Hon. the Secretary of State for the Colonies. Native names 

 Patawilya and Cowandilla. A block of sixty-five acres at Holdfast 

 Bay was granted to Mr. William Finke, March 23rd, 1839, which 

 was laid out as a town by Messrs. W. Light and B. T. Finniss, Mr. 

 Ormsby being the Surveyor-General. The original plan is interest- 

 ing, as showing River Thames, and Governor Gawler's approval 

 of the design. 



Giilnare Plains. — Named by the discoverer, John A. Horrocks, 

 in 1841, after a beautiful dog owned by him, that caught seven 

 emus in five days. The name is said to be Moorish for pome- 

 granate flower, and it occurs in Byron's poem "The Corsair." 



GleneUj River.— Discovered and named by Major Mitchell, 

 July 31st, 1836. Native name, " Rawer." 



Gaivler /?«w^e.v.— Named by E. J. Eyre, September 18th, 1839, 

 after Governor Gawler. Gazette, October 24th, 1839. 

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