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Ramsgate (Kent, England)
Channel port, noted in Macquarie's time for its excellent artificial harbour (which was completed at the end of 1792). Located on the E. coast of the Isle of Thanet, near the mouth of the Thames. Served mainly as a refuge for merchant ships and had a capacity for up to 200 vessels.

Riley's Farm (NSW)
Farm named 'Raby' belonging to Alexander Riley.

Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
City and port. [Usually referred to as Rio]. Discovered by the Portuguese explorer Amerigo Vespucci who entered the the landlocked bay on 1 January 1502, and named it Rio de Janeiro, 'January River,' mistakenly assuming that it was the entrance to a great river. In 1565 a city was founded on this bay and called 'Sao Sebastiao do Rio de Janeiro'.

Rio Grande (Brazil)
Port for the city of Porto Alegre (in southern Brazil). The city lies along the Rio Grande River and is located on a low, sandy peninsular near the entrance to Lagoa dos Patos (Patos Lagoon) where it empties into the Atlantic Ocean.

The city provided a natural entrepot for Brazilian traders exporting the agricultural produce of northern and central Rio Grande do Sul to Britain and Europe (and importing of industrial trade goods).

Rotherhithe (Surrey, England)
Located on southern bank of the Thames River (within a loop of the river on the north-east corner of the London Borough of Southwark). The Surrey Commercial Docks occupied much of this area. Rotherhithe faces Wapping across the Thames.

Roxburgh Place (NSW)
Farm (150 acres) at Baulkham Hills. Received as a grant by Andrew McDougall on 12 November 1799.

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