Etymology

Macquarie Island

Today it means: A subantarctic island lying approximately 1,500 km southeast of Tasmania, governed as a part of Tasmania, Australia. Full definition →

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The story

Named after Lachlan Macquarie, Governor of New South Wales from 1810 to 1821.

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