 | Robert Montgomery Martin - Australia - 1836 - 436 pages
...exception of some portions behind the harbours of King Georges Sound. The depth of the soil was not ascertained ; but from the thickness of the wood it...vegetable earth, but not in any great proportion ; and the soil was thought superior to some of the land cultivated at Port Jackson, and to much of that in... | |
 | Edward Gibbon Wakefield - South Australia - 1838 - 280 pages
...Kangaroo Island examined by us was judged to be much superior to any before seen, either upon the south coast of the continent, or upon the islands near it...to much of that in our stony counties in England." Page 183. — " The entrance of a piece of water at the head of Nepean Bay is less than half a mile... | |
 | Esq. Samuel Butler - Australia - 1839 - 272 pages
...sound. The depth of the soil was not .ascertained ; but from tho thickness of the wood it must be deep. Some sand is mixed with the vegetable earth, but not in any great proportion ; and the soil was thought superior to some of the land cultivated at Port Jackson, and to much of that in... | |
 | David John Gordon - Northern Territory - 1908 - 438 pages
...seen, either upon the south coast of the continent or upon the islands near it ; with the exception of King George's Sound. The depth of the soil was...to much of that in our stony counties in England." Captain Sturt, the first man to discover that the country had many natural advantages, floated down... | |
 | David John Gordon - South Australia - 1908 - 434 pages
...seen, either upon the south coast of the continent or upon the islands near it ; with the exception of King George's Sound. The depth of the soil was...thickness of the wood it cannot be very shallow. Some sand i's mixed with the vegetable earth, but not in any great proportion, and I thought the soil superior... | |
 | Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch - Australia - 1918 - 808 pages
...Kangaroo Island examined by us was judged to be much superior to any before seen, either upon the south coast of the continent or upon the islands near it...to much of that in our stony counties in England. Never perhaps had the dominion possessed here by the kangaroo been invaded before this time. The seal... | |
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Island examined by us was judged to be much superior to any before seen, either upon the south coast of the continent or upon the islands near it, with the exception of some portions behind the harbours of King George's Sound. The depth of the soil was... 