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... Mount Tetley and Loadstone Hill , which spun the needle of their magnetic compass in whirligig fashion . Oxley discovered more rivers and travelled over more grazing land . When the party reached the summit of the mountains , they did ...
... Mount Tetley and Loadstone Hill , which spun the needle of their magnetic compass in whirligig fashion . Oxley discovered more rivers and travelled over more grazing land . When the party reached the summit of the mountains , they did ...
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... Mount Hope magnificent views lay before them . As far as the eye could see the plains were covered with kangaroo grass , waving in the breeze like a thousand cornfields . Mobs of kangaroos roamed the pastures . The wheels of the bullock ...
... Mount Hope magnificent views lay before them . As far as the eye could see the plains were covered with kangaroo grass , waving in the breeze like a thousand cornfields . Mobs of kangaroos roamed the pastures . The wheels of the bullock ...
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... Mount Kosciusko , 1840 . STUART , J. MCDOUALL First expedition west of Lake Torrens , 1858. Discovered Hergott Springs and the Neale , 1859. Reached the centre of Australia and named Central Mount Stuart . Named Murchison Range and ...
... Mount Kosciusko , 1840 . STUART , J. MCDOUALL First expedition west of Lake Torrens , 1858. Discovered Hergott Springs and the Neale , 1859. Reached the centre of Australia and named Central Mount Stuart . Named Murchison Range and ...
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The First British Landing | 21 |
Columbus of the South | 26 |
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