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, Etc. Etc, Volume 2T. and W. Boone, 1964 - Natural history |
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Page 12
... ground by hard manual labour than I could have believed it in the power of uncivilised man to accom- plish . After crossing a low limestone - range , we came down upon another equally fertile warran ground , bounded eastward by a high ...
... ground by hard manual labour than I could have believed it in the power of uncivilised man to accom- plish . After crossing a low limestone - range , we came down upon another equally fertile warran ground , bounded eastward by a high ...
Page 131
... ground they became very urgent that we should sit down in the shade , ' - Maloka nineka , ' ( a Swan River man would say ' malôk nginnow . ' ) They caught hold of us , and pulled us , and wanted very much to get the guns from us ...
... ground they became very urgent that we should sit down in the shade , ' - Maloka nineka , ' ( a Swan River man would say ' malôk nginnow . ' ) They caught hold of us , and pulled us , and wanted very much to get the guns from us ...
Page 234
... ground , or destroyed by European violence , dissipation , or disease , just as his kangaroos are driven off that ground by the European's black cattle ; but this surely does not alter the case as to the right of the Aborigines . " But ...
... ground , or destroyed by European violence , dissipation , or disease , just as his kangaroos are driven off that ground by the European's black cattle ; but this surely does not alter the case as to the right of the Aborigines . " But ...
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aborigines acalepha amongst antennæ appeared APPENDIX barnacles beach blue body boyl-yas brown Capt Captain Grey caught Champion Bay circumstances coast colony colour commenced continent crabs dialect distance district elytra Europeans eyes female fire fish gelatinous animals genus Gould Gray Ann Grey halted head hills Hist Holland inch Inhab inhabitants insects islands Kaiber kangaroo King George's Sound land laws legs length margin miles Moore River natives NATURAL HISTORY nearly Ogilby onwards Overlanders pale party Perth portion prussian blue range round savage Scincus Scotophilus seen settlers Sharks Bay shell shew shields side South Australia southern spear species specimens spines spot Swan River tail tentaculæ tibiæ Tiliqua tion tree Van Diemen's Land Velella walked Western Australia whilst wings wives wood