The Inland Sea and the Great River: The Story of Australian ExplorationNon-Aboriginal material. |
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... Dutch had also been active , forming a trading company in 1595 ; seven years later this was merged with rival companies into the Dutch Chartered East India Company . Then began a long period of conflict in South - east Asia between the ...
... Dutch had also been active , forming a trading company in 1595 ; seven years later this was merged with rival companies into the Dutch Chartered East India Company . Then began a long period of conflict in South - east Asia between the ...
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... Dutch . A Dutch traveller , Jan van Linschoten , who visited the East at the end of the sixteenth century , wrote a book which excited interest in these regions among both the Dutch and the English people . He wrote of Java : South ...
... Dutch . A Dutch traveller , Jan van Linschoten , who visited the East at the end of the sixteenth century , wrote a book which excited interest in these regions among both the Dutch and the English people . He wrote of Java : South ...
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... Dutch route , he reached the Abrolhos Islands on 31st July . He proposed then " to coast along to the Northward ... Dutch , and it is a not unreasonable conjecture that this persistent Dutch myth influenced his mind . However , the need ...
... Dutch route , he reached the Abrolhos Islands on 31st July . He proposed then " to coast along to the Northward ... Dutch , and it is a not unreasonable conjecture that this persistent Dutch myth influenced his mind . However , the need ...
Contents
The Dutch Discovery of Australia | 12 |
British Navigators | 28 |
IV | 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 Albert River Barcoo base camp Bathurst Brisbane Burke Colonial Office continent Cooper Creek course crossed Cunningham Dampier Darling desert discovered discovery Dutch east eastern eastward examined expedition exploration Fitzroy Flinders followed Forrest geographical Giles Governor Gregory's Guinea Gulf of Carpentaria headwaters hope Hume hundred miles inland sea interior islands Java Journal journey King knowledge Lachlan Lagoon Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens land large river latitude Leichhardt London Macquarie Melbourne Mitchell Mount mountains Murchison Murray Murrumbidgee navigable north-east north-west northern northward Oxley Oxley's party passage Perth plains Port Essington Queensland Range Rawlinson Range reached region returned route sailed salt settlement South Australia South Wales south-east south-west southern southward Spencer Gulf spinifex Stokes Strait stream Sturt Creek survey Sydney Tasman Terra Australis thence track travelled unknown Victoria River voyage Warburton waterless west coast Western Australia westward Zealand