About The North

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• An Introduction
  • The North
    • Starting Points
    • Strands
    • Outlines
    • History, Narrative and Back Story
    • Borders
    • Australia
    • Queensland
    • Starting Points booklet 1.0
  • A Progress Report
    • Version History
    • Origins, Indigines and Antecedents
    • Recollection, Reflection and Reminiscence
    • Mapping The North
    • Themes and Variations
  • Nuts and Bolts
    • Origins and Evolution
    • Supplementary Material
    • Of Methods and Madness
    • A Question of Detail
• Origins, Indigenes and Antecedents
  • Origins
    • In the Beginning
    • On the Surface: Shaping the Land
    • On the Surface: Vegetation and Climate
  • Indigenes
    • Flora, Fauna and Megafauna
    • On the Surface: The Human Landscape
  • Antecedents
    • The Ancient World
    • Iberians
    • England and France
    • The Netherlands
    • Australia
    • Queensland
• Mapping The North
  • Prelude: Towards An Outline
    • Perceptions and Misconceptions
    • Early Visitors
    • Outward Bound: Europeans
      • The Portuguese
      • Spaniards
      • Englishmen
      • Frenchmen
      • Dutchmen
    • The Portuguese Question
    • Spanish Approaches
    • English Approaches
    • Dutchmen in the East Indies
    • Interested Frenchmen
  • Six Voyages
    • Luis Vaez Torres in the San Pedro and Los Tres Reyes (1606)
    • Willem Jansz in the Duyfken (1606)
    • Jan Carstensz in the Pera and Arnhem (1623)
    • Abel Tasman in 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
• Recollection, Reflection and Reminiscence
  • Travelling North
  • What We Left Behind
  • What We Found
  • 'Course When I Came Here This Was All Scrub
  • A Teenager's View of Townsville in the Sixties
  • Traces
  • A Separate North
  • Floodproofing The North
• Themes and Variations
  • When Is Something "Discovered"?
  • The Minimalist View of Australian History
  • A Radical, Republican, Multicultural North? Really?
  • Australia's East Coast: Why Did It Take So Long to "Discover"?
• Sources
  • Sources and Readings
  • Texts
• Reference Material
  • Years: A Chronology
  • Ages, Eras and Events
    • S
      • Seven Years' War
  • People: Biographical Sketches
    • A
      • Alexander The Great (356–323 BCE)
      • George Anson (1697–1762)
    • B
      • Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (1729 – 1811)
      • John Byron (1723 – 1786)
      • Bougainville image
    • C
      • John Cabot (a.k.a. Giovanni Caboto, Zuan Chabotto c. 1450 – 1498?)
      • Jan Carstensz
      • Philip Carteret (1733 – 1796)
      • Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587 – 1629)
        • Coen Portrait
      • James Cook (1728-79)
      • Allan Cunningham (1791 – 1839)
      • Cunningham Licence
      • Cook portrait
    • D
      • Richard Daintree (1832-1878)
      • Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808)
      • Bartolomeu Dias (c. 1450 – 1500)
    • E
      • Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276 –194 BCE)
    • F
      • Matthew Flinders
    • G
      • Vasco da Gama (c.1469-1524)
    • H
      • John Hawkesworth (c.1715-1773)
      • Henry the Navigator (1394 – 1460)
    • L
      • Jean Francois de Galaup, Comte de la Pérouse (1741—88)
        • La Pérouse portrait licence
    • P
      • Posidonius (c. 135 BC – c. 51 BC)
    • V
      • Willem de Vlamingh (1640 – c. 1698)
        • Vlamingh portrait
    • W
      • Samuel Wallis (1728–1795)
  • Places: Around the Coastline
  • Places: Highways and Byways
    • A
      • Aitkenvale
      • Auchenflower
    • E
      • Einasleigh
    • F
      • Forsayth
  • Site Map
• Footnotes
  • Events, Organizations etc.
    • A
      • Treaty of Alcáçovas (1479)
    • B
      • Bulls of Donation
    • C
      • War of the Castilian Succession
    • T
      • Treaty of Tordesillas (1494)
        • Tordesillas licence
    • V
      • Verenigde Oostindische Compagnie
        • VOC logo Licence
  • People
    • A
      • Alexander The Great (356–323 BCE)
        • Alexander bust
      • Alfraganus (9th century)
        • Alfraganus licence
      • George Anson (1697—1762)
        • Anson portrait
    • B
      • Louis-Antoine, Comte de Bougainville (1729 – 1811)
      • John Byron (1723 – 1786)
      • Bougainville image
    • C
      • John Cabot (a.k.a. Giovanni Caboto, Zuan Chabotto c. 1450 – 1498?)
      • Jan Carstensz
      • Philip Carteret (1733 – 1796)
      • Jan Pieterszoon Coen (1587 – 1629)
        • Coen Portrait
      • Christopher Columbus
      • James Cook (1728-79)
        • Cook portrait
      • Allan Cunningham (1791 – 1839)
      • Cunningham Licence
      • Columbus licence
    • D
      • Richard Daintree (1832-1878)
        • Daintree photo licence
      • Alexander Dalrymple (1737-1808)
      • William Dampier (1652—1715)
      • Francis Drake (c. 1545-1596)
    • E
      • Eratosthenes of Cyrene (c. 276 –194 BCE)
    • F
      • Matthew Flinders
    • G
      • Vasco da Gama (c.1469-1524)
      • Lopes Gonçalves
    • H
      • John Hawkesworth (c.1715-1773)
      • Henry the Navigator (1394 – 1460)
    • K
      • King, Phillip Parker
    • L
      • Jean Francois de Galaup, Comte de la Perouse (1741-88)
        • La Pérouse portrait licence
    • M
      • Ferdinand Magellan (c. 1480 – 1521)
        • Magellan portrait licence
    • O
      • Robert Orme (1728 – 1801)
    • P
      • Ptolemy, a.k.a. Claudius Ptolemaeus (c. 90 - 168)
      • Posidonius of Apameia or Rhodes (c. 135 BC – c. 51 BC)
    • V
      • Willem de Vlamingh
      • Vlamingh portrait
    • W
      • Samuel Wallis (1728 –1795)
  • Places
    • A
      • Library of Alexandria
      • Aitkenvale
      • Auchenflower
    • Rottnest Island
    • Swan River