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Page 54
... ahead . ' A gleaming surf - thrashed sandbank , covered with birds , lay on their course . On the map this is now shown as Cato Bank . There was deep water all round , but as a precaution the skippers ordered the topsails to be double ...
... ahead . ' A gleaming surf - thrashed sandbank , covered with birds , lay on their course . On the map this is now shown as Cato Bank . There was deep water all round , but as a precaution the skippers ordered the topsails to be double ...
Page 61
... ahead might be even more difficult than that which they had just overcome . With doubt in their hearts they descended the slopes of Mount York into the valley and then trekked towards the west . The country improved as they pushed on ...
... ahead might be even more difficult than that which they had just overcome . With doubt in their hearts they descended the slopes of Mount York into the valley and then trekked towards the west . The country improved as they pushed on ...
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... ahead , the danger from thirst , the blacks and the enormous distance to King George Sound . Today those who fly in daylight from Adelaide to Perth gaze down on pitiless miles of burning solitude . Passengers on the Trans - Australian ...
... ahead , the danger from thirst , the blacks and the enormous distance to King George Sound . Today those who fly in daylight from Adelaide to Perth gaze down on pitiless miles of burning solitude . Passengers on the Trans - Australian ...
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The Coast of Doom I I | 11 |
The First British Landing | 21 |
Columbus of the South | 26 |
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