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Lachlan Vale (NSW)
Farm belonging to William Broughton.

Lake George (NSW)
Lake and flat plain located between the modern cities of Canberra and Goulburn. Originally referred to by the local indigenous people as 'Wee-ree-waa'. The first recorded European sighting was by Joseph Wild on 19 August 1820; subsequently visited by Governor Macquarie and named 'Lake George' on 28 October 1820.

Launceston (VDL, Tasmania)
Launceston was named in 1807 as the main settlement at Port Dalrymple. The name came into general use from about 1818 and also gradually became the name for the port instead of Port Dalrymple or the Tamar. Named after Governor King's birthplace in Cornwall, England. Briefly known as Patersonia.

Lion's Rump, The (South Africa)
Rocky promontory located at the approach to Table Bay, adjacent to Table Mountain; nearby was 'Sugar Loaf Hill' or the 'Lion's Head'.

Liphook (or Lipook) (Hampshire, England)
Village located just within the Hampshire boundary from Sussex on the road from London to Portsmouth [north-east of Petersfield]. A regular coaching stop - the most famous posting inn in the village was the late-17th-century Royal Anchor Hotel, patronized by the famous, among them Samuel Pepys, Admiral Nelson (on his way to Portsmouth and Trafalgar in 1805) General Blucher (on his way to London after the victory at Waterloo in 1815), and later, Queen Victoria.

Lizard, The (Cornwall, England)
The Lizard Point is the most southerly tip of England, jutting into the English Channel between Penzance and Falmouth.

London Docks
Opened at Wapping in 1805. These were the docks nearest to the City of London, and until 1826, all ships arriving in London - except those from the East and West Indies - had to unload at London Docks There were two main docks: the Western Dock (20 acres) with a lock into a basin and from there into the river on the south; and an Eastern Dock (7 acres) with a basin and locks into the river on the east. The docks were linked by a small Tobacco Dock. The docks were surrounded by high walls and locked at night (as Macquarie discovered in 1824) to prevent smuggling and theft.

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