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Page 17
... instructions for an investigation of the south land , " as much of the situation and nature of these regions as God Almighty shall vouchsafe to allow " . His instructions were that investigators should follow the west coast southward to ...
... instructions for an investigation of the south land , " as much of the situation and nature of these regions as God Almighty shall vouchsafe to allow " . His instructions were that investigators should follow the west coast southward to ...
Page 56
... instructions issued by the Admiralty Commissioners to Flinders , Banks played a directing part . The instructions to Flinders include this passage : ... on your arrival on the coast , use your best endeavours to dis- cover such harbours ...
... instructions issued by the Admiralty Commissioners to Flinders , Banks played a directing part . The instructions to Flinders include this passage : ... on your arrival on the coast , use your best endeavours to dis- cover such harbours ...
Page 146
... instructions continued in some detail to impress upon Gregory the importance of determining the nature of the country through which such a road would pass , the quality of the country around the Albert River , and the suitability of the ...
... instructions continued in some detail to impress upon Gregory the importance of determining the nature of the country through which such a road would pass , the quality of the country around the Albert River , and the suitability of the ...
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