Indian Head (Fraser Island)
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Indian Head ( [1]) is a coastal headland on the eastern (ocean) side of Fraser Island in Queensland, Australia.
The headland was named by Captain Cook when he passed it on the evening of 19 May 1770, for the aboriginal people he saw assembled there.[2] (The term "Indian" was used at that time for the native people of many lands.)
[edit] References
- ^ Indian Head. Gazetteer of Australia online. Geoscience Australia, Australian Government.
- ^ Captain Cook's Journal During the First Voyage Round the World, available at Project Gutenberg.
