Stewart Island Place Names ……
Stewart Island / Rakiura
Wainaua (Wainawa) ….. Scarred by Water
Doughboy Bay …… A descriptive name, probably named by Eber Bunker master of the Sealer Pegasus, 1808 after the large Dumpling (Doughboys) like rocks at the north entrance of the bay. Bunker was an American, and Doughboys is an American term
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