Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841, Volume 1Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Aboriginal Australians |
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Page 95
... lofty , and some of them of considerable circumference ; but the trunks of all were charred and blackened by con- stant fires : this circumstance , and their slight and thin , yet strikingly graceful foliage , gave them a most ...
... lofty , and some of them of considerable circumference ; but the trunks of all were charred and blackened by con- stant fires : this circumstance , and their slight and thin , yet strikingly graceful foliage , gave them a most ...
Page 178
... lofty peak , -the most remarkable hill in this part of the country , and which I named Mount Lyell , after C. Lyell , Esq . We here pitched the tents , and scarcely was this operation per- formed , ere the rain fell in such torrents ...
... lofty peak , -the most remarkable hill in this part of the country , and which I named Mount Lyell , after C. Lyell , Esq . We here pitched the tents , and scarcely was this operation per- formed , ere the rain fell in such torrents ...
Page 209
... lofty gum trees , and a very luxuriant vegetation . We first sought for a ford up the river , in the direction of the rapids , but our search was fruitless . On returning to breakfast , I found that the men had caught three fish , and ...
... lofty gum trees , and a very luxuriant vegetation . We first sought for a ford up the river , in the direction of the rapids , but our search was fruitless . On returning to breakfast , I found that the men had caught three fish , and ...
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