Maryborough and Its History
Placing the Maryborough Environment in Historical Context
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.1017/qre.2012.2Keywords:
Maryborough, Aboriginal presence, Wide Bay, historical contextAbstract
Let me begin by acknowledging the Aboriginal presence in the district around Maryborough. The earliest European officials named this then-unknown area the Wide Bay, after the curving mainland between Fraser Island and Double Island Point that had been named ‘Wide Bay’ by Captain James Cook as the Endeavour sailed north along the coast in 1770.
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