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Carnarvon
Latitude 24 53 S Longitude
: 113 40 E
Carnarvon, located on
the coast at the mouth of the Gascoyne River, was gazetted a townsite
in 1883. It is named after the 4th Earl of Carnarvon, Henry Howard
Molyneux, Lord Lieut and Custos Rotulorum of Co. Southampton, High
Steward, Univ. of Oxford, and Constable of Carnarvon Castle; Secretary
of State for the Colonies 1866-1867 and from 1874 to 1878, Lord Lieut.
of Ireland 1885-86. The Aboriginal name for this area is "Kow-win-wordo",
said to mean "neck of water"
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