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... Mountains reared their precipitous sandstone battlements close to Sydney and their dark chasms and ravines defied all attempts at penetration . In 1799 a man named Wilson had almost succeeded . Accompanied by an alert youth named ...
... Mountains reared their precipitous sandstone battlements close to Sydney and their dark chasms and ravines defied all attempts at penetration . In 1799 a man named Wilson had almost succeeded . Accompanied by an alert youth named ...
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... Mountains had been crossed but not the Great Dividing Range . Immediate steps were taken to exploit the discovery . Deputy Surveyor - General G. W. Evans was sent by Governor Mac- quarie to follow the track and push on westward . He ...
... Mountains had been crossed but not the Great Dividing Range . Immediate steps were taken to exploit the discovery . Deputy Surveyor - General G. W. Evans was sent by Governor Mac- quarie to follow the track and push on westward . He ...
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... Mountains , 1802 . BASS , DR . GEORGE With Flinders in the Tom Thumb along New South Wales coast , 1795. Port Hacking , 1796. Exploration of Blue Mountains , 1796-97 . Explored 600 miles of coast and Western- port , 1797. Discovered ...
... Mountains , 1802 . BASS , DR . GEORGE With Flinders in the Tom Thumb along New South Wales coast , 1795. Port Hacking , 1796. Exploration of Blue Mountains , 1796-97 . Explored 600 miles of coast and Western- port , 1797. Discovered ...
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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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