William Edward Stanbridge

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William Edward Stanbridge

British explorer

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…is believed to have been William Edward Stanbridge, who arrived there in 1847. Stanbridge claimed the land to the east of Lake Tyrrell as station (ranch) country, naming it Astley’s after the village of his birth near Coventry, England. He later renamed it Tyrrell Downs. The origin of the name…
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…is believed to have been William Edward Stanbridge, who arrived there in 1847. Stanbridge claimed the land to the east of Lake Tyrrell as station (ranch) country, naming it Astley’s after the village of his birth near Coventry, England. He later renamed it Tyrrell Downs. The origin of the name…
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