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... thence to Port Essington . The great explorers were moving off the Australian stage . Cunningham had died in 1839 , Grey was in New Zealand , Eyre had returned to England and thence gone to New Zealand as lieutenant - governor . King ...
... thence to Port Essington . The great explorers were moving off the Australian stage . Cunningham had died in 1839 , Grey was in New Zealand , Eyre had returned to England and thence gone to New Zealand as lieutenant - governor . King ...
Page 179
... thence turning south- west he came to the headwaters of the Oakover River at Gregory Range . Here , with all the party at the extreme point of physical endurance , they obtained relief from the De Grey Station ; thence , by way of ...
... thence turning south- west he came to the headwaters of the Oakover River at Gregory Range . Here , with all the party at the extreme point of physical endurance , they obtained relief from the De Grey Station ; thence , by way of ...
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... thence travelled by sea to Sydney . Describing the country traversed , he said : " Round about Beagle Bay and on from thence to the Fitzroy , the country is well adapted for settlement , and at the Bay itself a good site for a township ...
... thence travelled by sea to Sydney . Describing the country traversed , he said : " Round about Beagle Bay and on from thence to the Fitzroy , the country is well adapted for settlement , and at the Bay itself a good site for a township ...
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