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... journey of eleven weeks , they came to the shores of a large sheet of water named Geelong by the natives . Hume and Hovell thought they were looking at the waters of Westernport , but in reality they were standing on the shores of Port ...
... journey of eleven weeks , they came to the shores of a large sheet of water named Geelong by the natives . Hume and Hovell thought they were looking at the waters of Westernport , but in reality they were standing on the shores of Port ...
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... journey began in April 1848 , when he led an expedition to explore the east coast of Queensland from Rockingham Bay to the tip of Cape York Peninsula . The party consisted of thirteen men , twenty - eight horses and a flock of sheep as ...
... journey began in April 1848 , when he led an expedition to explore the east coast of Queensland from Rockingham Bay to the tip of Cape York Peninsula . The party consisted of thirteen men , twenty - eight horses and a flock of sheep as ...
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... journey of 2,000 miles in nine months . On July 29th Stuart started his return journey . His health was failing and his horses were sadly weakened . After leaving New- castle Waters , they found many of the short creeks were at their ...
... journey of 2,000 miles in nine months . On July 29th Stuart started his return journey . His health was failing and his horses were sadly weakened . After leaving New- castle Waters , they found many of the short creeks were at their ...
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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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