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... islands , a supposition not at all improbable considering that on its south side , from the point called Leeuwin to Nuytsland it is entirely girt and surrounded by innumerable islands . Although the Dutch continued to use the southern ...
... islands , a supposition not at all improbable considering that on its south side , from the point called Leeuwin to Nuytsland it is entirely girt and surrounded by innumerable islands . Although the Dutch continued to use the southern ...
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... Island , then turned north around the Yorke Islands , then south - west to cross westward between Dungeness Island and the Warrior Reefs ( Yabba ) . Having passed to the north of The Brothers , he turned south - west , skirting the ...
... Island , then turned north around the Yorke Islands , then south - west to cross westward between Dungeness Island and the Warrior Reefs ( Yabba ) . Having passed to the north of The Brothers , he turned south - west , skirting the ...
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... islands called Rosemary Islands , * and the inlets behind them , which should be most minutely examined ; and , indeed , all gulfs and openings should be the objects of particular attention , as the chief motive for your survey is to ...
... islands called Rosemary Islands , * and the inlets behind them , which should be most minutely examined ; and , indeed , all gulfs and openings should be the objects of particular attention , as the chief motive for your survey is to ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I The Early Centuries of Ignorance I | 1 |
The Dutch Discovery of Australia 127 | 12 |
British Navigators | 28 |
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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 eastward England examined expedition exploration Flinders followed Giles Governor Gregory's Gulf of Carpentaria headwaters Holland hope Hume hundred miles inland sea interior islands Java journal journey King Lachlan Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens land large river latitude Leichhardt London Macquarie Macquarie River Melbourne Mitchell Mount mountains Murchison Murray Murrumbidgee navigation north-east north-west northern northward Ocean overland Oxley Oxley's party passage Perth plains Port Essington reached region returned route sailed Scale in Miles settlement ship South Australia South Wales south-west southward Spencer Gulf spinifex Stokes Strait stream Sturt survey Sydney Tasman Terra Australis thence tracks travelled unknown Victoria River voyage Warburton west coast Western Australia western coast westward Zealand