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Re: New name for Glimpse - Kangaroo name origins
by Tom Chandler on Thursday 03/Jan/2008, @03:02

Actually the Kangaroo was named in Cooktown (Queensland) when Captain Cook's crew were repairing their ship there. The name was derived from the local Aboriginal name for the grey kangaroo.

(As an completely off topic aside: It is technically Cooktown and not Syndey that was the first recorded site of European settlement in Australia- since Captain Cook and his men lived there seven or so weeks in 1770.)

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Re: New name for Glimpse - Kangaroo name origins
by Darryl Wheatley on Thursday 03/Jan/2008, @05:05

Oops, I don't want to verse you in a trivia contest :D Shame on me for not verifying my facts (and the "I don't know" meaning is apparently a myth, so my charming frontier tale is falling apart). But thanks for the correct info.

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