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  • Location: Queensland/Australia
  • Variant names: Humpybong
The original Aboriginal name was derived from umpi bong 'dead houses'. In 1799 Matthew Flinders† changed the name of the promontory from which the city gets its name, to Redcliffe in recognition of its red cliffs.

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