Seventeen Seventy, also written as 1770 and also known as the Town of 1770, is a coastal town and locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. The town is built on the site of the second landing in Australia by James Cook and the crew of HM Bark Endeavour in May 1770 (and their first landing in what is now the state of Queensland). Originally itContinue reading “Seventeen Seventy”
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Agnes Waters and Seventeen Seventy
Agnes Water is a coastal town and a locality in the Gladstone Region, Queensland, Australia. Agnes Water is in Central Queensland approximately 80 kilometres (50 mi) south-east of the Bruce Highway, Queensland’s major coastal route. The town of Agnes Water takes its name from pastoral holding first leased by Daniel Clowes in 1883, which he named after the coastal schooner Agnes, which was lostContinue reading “Agnes Waters and Seventeen Seventy”
Agnes Waters and Town of 1770 Queensland
Prior to European settlement Agnes Waters was home to the Meerooni tribe [4] whom form the southern part of the Gurang nation.
The town of Agnes Water takes its name from pastoral holding first leased by Daniel Clowes in 1883, which he named after the coastal schooner Agnes, which was lost at sea in the area. The schooner left Bustard Head on 15 June 1873, on route from Mackay to Brisbane
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