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Page 87
... Murray they had so nearly met disaster was the long- sought Darling . Sturt's voyage now became a grim battle of hard work with signs of privation ahead . For several days they continued down the Murray . The natives , though friendly ...
... Murray they had so nearly met disaster was the long- sought Darling . Sturt's voyage now became a grim battle of hard work with signs of privation ahead . For several days they continued down the Murray . The natives , though friendly ...
Page 91
... Murray , as Sturt had claimed . Many accounts have been written of the rivalry between Sturt and Mitchell , but such controversies have no place in this volume . Both men , through dogged courage and fierce determination , overcame the ...
... Murray , as Sturt had claimed . Many accounts have been written of the rivalry between Sturt and Mitchell , but such controversies have no place in this volume . Both men , through dogged courage and fierce determination , overcame the ...
Page 92
... Murray , and then to survey the country south of the Murray . New country and good rivers especially were needed by the colonists . The land - squatting boom of the 1820s had petered out in a three - year drought . In his third ...
... Murray , and then to survey the country south of the Murray . New country and good rivers especially were needed by the colonists . The land - squatting boom of the 1820s had petered out in a three - year drought . In his third ...
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The Coast of Doom I I | 11 |
The First British Landing | 21 |
Columbus of the South | 26 |
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