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Statistics for Australian Cities Etymologies #1

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Named after...	Decade adopted	Answer	% Correct
the port it was situated in, itself named by the crew of the HMS Beagle after their former shipmate Charles __, Origin of Species author	1910s	Darwin	100%
the German consort of King William IV, Queen __ of Saxe-Meiningen	1830s	Adelaide	93%
an English city also famous for its status as a major coal-exporting port	1800s	Newcastle	93%
a Scottish city, which derives its name from the Pictish for 'wood' or 'copse'	1820s	Perth	93%
British Home Secretary Thomas Townshend, 1st Viscount __	1780s	Sydney	93%
British Prime Minister William Lamb, 2nd Viscount __	1830s	Melbourne	86%
British Secretary of State for War and the Colonies Robert __, 4th Earl Buckinghamshire	1800s	Hobart	79%
the river on which it is located, itself named after New South Wales Governor Sir Thomas __	1820s	Brisbane	71%
the Ngunnawal people's name for the area, meaning perhaps ‘meeting place’ or 'woman's breasts'	1910s	Canberra	64%
the area's inflated and booming real estate market. Originally a nickname given by journalists to a stretch of then-distinct townships	1950s	Gold Coast	64%
the Dharawal people's name for the area, meaning perhaps 'sound of the sea' or 'five islands'	1820s	Wollongong	64%
Prince William of __, an associate of namer Thomas Mitchell during the Peninsula War, who went on to become King William II of the Netherlands	1840s	Orange	57%
the businessman who financed the establishment of the city, Robert __. The city is sometimes thought (incorrectly) to have a tautological name	1860s	Townsville	57%
a local creek, itself named after the nickname of a local shepherd and barenuckle prizefighter, William Abednego Thompson	1850s	Bendigo	14%
the Wathaurong aboriginal name for the area, which probably means 'resting place'	1830s	Ballarat	0%
a local aboriginal kinship group, combined with a Saxon geographical suffix	1870s	Bundaberg	0%

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