Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841, Volume 2Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Australia |
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Page 101
... beach and halted about a mile from it ; Water Peak Hill being distant about fifteen miles . Woods said , much ... beach . The men cut and cooked some greens , but found no water . Travelled twelve or fourteen miles along the beach ...
... beach and halted about a mile from it ; Water Peak Hill being distant about fifteen miles . Woods said , much ... beach . The men cut and cooked some greens , but found no water . Travelled twelve or fourteen miles along the beach ...
Page 109
... beach and sand - hills , as well as the country immediately in rear of them . Twelve miles brought us to the mouth of the river , and there we found everything as we had placed it , -not a mark near the beach , except the footsteps of ...
... beach and sand - hills , as well as the country immediately in rear of them . Twelve miles brought us to the mouth of the river , and there we found everything as we had placed it , -not a mark near the beach , except the footsteps of ...
Page 133
... beach at any time of the year . * To the south of the tongue of land which forms the bay , there is also another bay , which would be com- pletely sheltered from all northerly winds , so as to combine between the two bays perfect ...
... beach at any time of the year . * To the south of the tongue of land which forms the bay , there is also another bay , which would be com- pletely sheltered from all northerly winds , so as to combine between the two bays perfect ...
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