NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Cape Woolamai, Victoria

Cape Woolamai (38°34′S 145°21′E^[1]) is a small town and headland at the south eastern tip of Phillip Island in Victoria, Australia. It is home to Cape Woolamai State Faunal Reserve, and the Phillip Island Airfield. Cape Woolamai also contains a subdivision called Woolamai Waters. Named after Governor Arthur Phillip, Phillip Island in Victoria (Australia) forms a natural breakwater for the shallow waters of Western Port Bay. ... Motto: Peace and Prosperity Other Australian states and territories Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks (ALP) Area 237,629 km² (6th) - Land 227,416 km² - Water 10,213 km² (4. ...

The cape was named by George Bass (but spelt "Wollamai") when he passed it on his whaleboat voyage in early 1798.^[2] Wollamai is the snapper fish (Chrysophrys auratus) in the language of the Eora aboriginal people of Port Jackson, where the fish is found.^[3] Bass, who had learnt some of the Sydney language from the Eora leader Bennelong,^[4]) thought the headland resembled the head of that fish. George Bass George Bass, British naval surgeon and explorer of Australia (1771 â€“ unknown, post 1803), was born at Aswarby, a hamlet near Sleaford Lincolnshire and was educated at Boston Grammar School. ... 1798 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Portrait of Bennelong, senior man of the Eora tribe The Eora (sometimes spelt Iora or Iyora) people were the Aboriginal occupants of the Sydney region in 1788 when the first European colonists arrived. ... Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge located on Port Jackson Port Jackson, containing Sydney Harbour, is the natural harbour of Sydney, Australia. ... Portrait (signed W.W.) thought to depict Bennelong. ...

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Towns of Gippsland

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