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Page 177
... Forrest's descrip- tion of the country : As far as you can see in every direction stretch plains of apparently ripe corn , which is the grass or stalk growing out of spinifex tufts . The grass is very disagreeable to walk through and ...
... Forrest's descrip- tion of the country : As far as you can see in every direction stretch plains of apparently ripe corn , which is the grass or stalk growing out of spinifex tufts . The grass is very disagreeable to walk through and ...
Page 181
... Forrest left Perth on an expedition to the northern parts of Western Australia . Travelling by sea to Nickol Bay he travelled overland , following the coast nearly to Beagle Bay , and thence going to the mouth of the Fitzroy River at ...
... Forrest left Perth on an expedition to the northern parts of Western Australia . Travelling by sea to Nickol Bay he travelled overland , following the coast nearly to Beagle Bay , and thence going to the mouth of the Fitzroy River at ...
Page 198
... Forrest , Alexander , 181 Forrest , John , 152 , 171 , 174 , 175-77 passim , 179 , 188 Fort Bourke , 108 Fort Grey , 130 , 131 Fort McKellar , 175 , 179 Fort Mueller , 174 , 175 , 177 Fortescue River , 150 Foster , 43 Fowler's Bay , 150 ...
... Forrest , Alexander , 181 Forrest , John , 152 , 171 , 174 , 175-77 passim , 179 , 188 Fort Bourke , 108 Fort Grey , 130 , 131 Fort McKellar , 175 , 179 Fort Mueller , 174 , 175 , 177 Fortescue River , 150 Foster , 43 Fowler's Bay , 150 ...
Contents
The Dutch Discovery of Australia | 12 |
British Navigators | 28 |
The First Years of the Colony | 47 |
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The Inland Sea and the Great River: The Story of Australian Exploration John Howard Lidgett Cumpston No preview available - 1964 |
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A. C. Gregory Adelaide Archipelago Bathurst Bligh boats Brisbane Cape York coast of Australia Colonial Office Cook Cooper Creek course crossed Cunningham Dampier Darling desert Diemen's discovered discovery Dividing Range Dutch east eastern coast eastward England examined expedition exploration Fitzroy Flinders followed Forrest Giles Governor Gregory's Gulf of Carpentaria headwaters Holland hope Hume hundred miles inland sea interior islands Java journal journey Lachlan Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens latitude Leichhardt London Macquarie Macquarie River Melbourne Mitchell Mount mountains Murchison Murray Murrumbidgee navigation north-east north-west northern northward Nova Guinea Ocean overland Oxley Oxley's party passage Perth plains Port Essington reached region returned route sailed settlement ship South Australia south land South Wales south-west southward Spencer Gulf spinifex Stokes stream Sturt survey Sydney Tasman Terra Australis thence tracks travelled unknown vast Victoria River voyage Warburton west coast Western Australia westward Zealand