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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... range , of the same descrip- tion as the Perth ironstone , and thinly studded with black bay trees ; I named this range Gairdner's Range , after my friend Gordon Gairdner , Esq . , of the Colonial Office , and after continuing a gradual ...
... range , of the same descrip- tion as the Perth ironstone , and thinly studded with black bay trees ; I named this range Gairdner's Range , after my friend Gordon Gairdner , Esq . , of the Colonial Office , and after continuing a gradual ...
Page 117
... range after her most gracious Majesty , " The Victoria Range ; " and the extensive district of fertile country , extending from its base to the sea , and having a length of more than fifty miles in a north and south direction , I have ...
... range after her most gracious Majesty , " The Victoria Range ; " and the extensive district of fertile country , extending from its base to the sea , and having a length of more than fifty miles in a north and south direction , I have ...
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... range of hills which Captain Grey has called Gairdner's Range , and which is supposed to be the northern termination of the Darling Range ; if so , it is very probable , that by keeping on the east side of the Darling Range , a ...
... range of hills which Captain Grey has called Gairdner's Range , and which is supposed to be the northern termination of the Darling Range ; if so , it is very probable , that by keeping on the east side of the Darling Range , a ...
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