Journal of an Expedition Into the Interior of Tropical Australia, in Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria |
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aborigines abundance Acacia pendula Allan Cunningham amongst appeared arrived ascended Balonne banks Barwan Benth Bogan brigalow scrub bullocks bush Callitris camp chain of ponds channel clay Corporal Graham course crossed Culgoa Darling depôt direction distance drays Duck Creek eastward encamped feet high flood floribus flowers foliis followed forward glabris grass grew ground Gulf of Carpentaria gullies Height hill horses journey Kennedy lagoon land Latitude leaves length Lindl linearibus Loranthus Macquarie miles mometer morning Mount Foster Mount Owen Mount Pluto mountains Narran natives nearly night noon north-west northward Nyingan old track open forest party passed phyllodia plains plant proceeded rain range reached resembling returned ride river rock rocky route sandy seemed seen sent sheep shrub soft soil South Wales species spot Stephenson summit Thermometer at sunrise travelled tribe turned valley water-course westward wet bulb woods Yuranigh
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