including: Electoral district of Gregory, Queensland Gregory, Queensland, a town Gregory, Western Australia, a town Gregory Highway, Queensland Gregory National Park, Northern Territory Gregory River in the Shire of Burke, Queensland Mount Augustus Mount Augustus National Park, Western Australia Several plants were named in his honour, including: Adansonia gregorii, known as the boab tree Gregory's Tree, a boab inscribed by Gregory's party in 1856 Brachychiton gregorii, known as the desert kurrajong Cochlospermum gregorii, a type of native kapok tree The road name "Gregory Gardens" in his birthplace Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England was named after him. His home Rainworth was the origin of the name of Rainworth, Queensland, a suburb (now locality) in Brisbane. See also European exploration of Australia List of explorers Gilburri References Further reading External links Australian explorers Explorers of Australia Explorers of Western Australia 1819 births 1905 deaths Australian geologists Members of the Queensland Legislative Council Burials at Toowong Cemetery Australian Knights Commander of the Order of St Michael and St George Australian surveyors People from Newark and Sherwood (district) Surveyors General of Queensland Royal Society of Queensland English emigrants to Australia Settlers of Western Australia 19th-century Australian politicians Fellows of the Royal Scottish Geographical Society