Moreton Island, and nearby Moreton Bay, which lie off the southeast coast of Queensland, are named after the James Douglas, the Earl of Morton.
James Cook was the one who first named Moreton Bay, when he charted the east coast of Australia in 1770. In 1779, Matthew Flinders then named Moreton Island, which formed part of the eastern border of the bay.
As to why these two places are named "Moreton" and not "Morton" - there was a spelling mistake in the Hawkesworth edition of James Cook's Journal, and it was never altered. Flinders perpetuated the problem when he named Moreton island, also with the "e". This form - Moreton - became the accepted spelling.
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Moreton Island National Park was created in 1966.
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Moreton-in-Marsh railway station was created in 1853.
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The area of Moreton Bay Region is 2,037 square kilometers.
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Moreton Bay College's motto is 'Fortitudine Et Spe'.
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Dane Moreton was born on December 26, 1974, in Biloxi, Mississippi, USA.
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Peter Moreton was born on March 28, 1968, in Hertfordshire, England, UK.
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Lieutenant James Cook named Morton Bay in 1770, but a misspelling when Cook's logs were published caused it to be changed to Moreton Bay. Cook's Moreton Bay was only the outer region, and he did not sail into the current Moreton Bay.
Matthew Flinders renamed Captain Cook's Glass House Bayas Moreton Bay in 1799.
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Moreton Bay Boys' College was created on 2011-05-11.
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Marshall Moreton has written:
'The dance of Dinwiddie' -- subject(s): Accessible book
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Moreton Bay Symphony Orchestra - MBSO - was created in 2012.
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Moreton Island is located on the eastern side of Moreton Bay, on the coast of south-east Queensland, Australia. The island lies 58 km northeast of the Queensland capital, Brisbane.
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The cast of The Ragged Heiress - 1922 includes: John Harron as Glen Wharton Aggie Herring as Nora Burke Shirley Mason as Lucia Moreton Claire McDowell as Sylvia Moreton Edwin Stevens as Sam Moreton Cecil Van Auker as James Moreton
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The Moreton Bay Fig (Ficus macrophylla) is endemic to the east coast of Australia within a range centred on Moreton Bay which is where it gets its common name from.
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John Patrick Moreton has written:
'Fisherman's manual' -- subject(s): Fishes, Fishing
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No one person owned (or owns) Moreton Bay.
James Cook claimed Moreton Bay for Great Britain, along with the rest of the eastern coast of Australia, but no one owned it then or owns it now.
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Henry John Moreton Ducie has written:
'Crocodile shooting' -- subject(s): Crocodile hunting
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The area of Southern Moreton Bay Islands National Park is 15.7 square kilometers.
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