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NAMES GIVEN BY FLINDERS
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VOYAGE OF THE INVESTIGATOR (continued)

Cape Shield, after Commissioner Shield.

Cape Grey, after General Grey, Commandant at Capetown.

Point Middle.

Mount Alexander.

Point Alexander.

Round Hill Island.

Caledon Bay, after the Governor of the Cape of Good Hope.

Cape Arnhem, extremity of Arnhem's Land.

Mount Saunders.

Mount Dundas, Melville Isles—After Dundas, Viscount Melville, a colleague of the younger Pitt.

Mount Bonner.

Drimmie Head.

Cape Wilberforce, after W. Wilberforce, M.P., the slave-emancipator, who was a friend of Flinders.

Melville Bay, after Viscount Melville.

Harbour Rock.

Point Dundas.

Bromby Islands, after the Reverend F. Bromby, of Hull, a cousin of Mrs. Flinders.

Malay Road.

Pombasso's Island, after the chief of the Malay praus.

Cotton's Island, after Captain Cotton of the East India Company's Directorate.

English Company Islands, after the East India Company.

Wigram Island.

Truant Island, "from its lying away from the rest."

Inglis Island.

Bosanquet Island.

Astell Island.

Mallison Island.

Point Arrowsmith, after the map-publisher.