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The town is named after William Donald, a Scottish pastoralist who was the first settler in the area in 1844. At the 2021 census, Donald had a population of 1,472. [1] The earliest township was known as Richardson Bridge until surveyed as Donald in 1866.
Wellington Street was named after the Duke of Wellington. [3] It existed as far back as 1838, [4] although at that time it only extended as far east as Milligan Street.In 1894, the section of road continuing north-west of Milligan Street was known as Douro Street, [5] although the name Douro Street for this section of road appears on maps as early as 1855. [6]
The Melbourne central business district (also known colloquially as simply "the City" or "the CBD" [4]) is the city centre and main urban area of the city of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, centred on the Hoddle Grid, the oldest part of the city laid out in 1837, and includes its fringes.
Grote Street is a major street running east to west in the western half of Adelaide city centre, South Australia. It is on the northern border of Chinatown and the Adelaide Central Market , and is a lively centre for shopping and restaurants.
The Dutch visited Australia's northern coastline in the 1600s and landed on the Tiwi Islands only to be repelled by the Tiwi peoples. [15] The Dutch created the first European maps of the area. This accounts for the Dutch names in the area, such as Arnhem Land and Groote Eylandt.
Dubbo (/ ˈ d ʌ b oʊ /; [5] Wiradjuri: Dhubu) [6] is a city in the Orana Region of New South Wales, Australia.It is the largest population centre in the Orana region, with a population of 43,516 [1] at June 2021.
Stirling is a suburb of Perth, the capital city of Western Australia, about 10 km north of Perth's central business district (CBD) along the Mitchell Freeway.Its local government area is the City of Stirling, whose council offices and administration centre are located in the southwest of the mostly residential suburb.
In cartography, a trap street is a fictitious entry in the form of a misrepresented street on a map, often outside the area the map nominally covers, for the purpose of "trapping" potential plagiarists of the map who, if caught, would be unable to explain the inclusion of the "trap street" on their map as innocent.