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Page 340
... Leichhardt ' , wrote the Sydney Morning Herald on 28 March , has established the broad fact , that our continent possesses an Australia Felix to the north as well as to the south . . . a land of mingled sublimity and beauty ; a land of ...
... Leichhardt ' , wrote the Sydney Morning Herald on 28 March , has established the broad fact , that our continent possesses an Australia Felix to the north as well as to the south . . . a land of mingled sublimity and beauty ; a land of ...
Page 399
... Leichhardt and seven others had set out from the Darling Downs to cross to the west coast of New Holland . Again the grandees were his providers . Hannibal Macarthur , for example , promised two mules , and Ben Boyd promised one . Again ...
... Leichhardt and seven others had set out from the Darling Downs to cross to the west coast of New Holland . Again the grandees were his providers . Hannibal Macarthur , for example , promised two mules , and Ben Boyd promised one . Again ...
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... Leichhardt welcomed the ' great doom's image ' with dignity or with terror . No one was to know whether they were slaughtered by the aborigines , died of thirst , were swept away by floods , sank in a quicksand or butchered each other ...
... Leichhardt welcomed the ' great doom's image ' with dignity or with terror . No one was to know whether they were slaughtered by the aborigines , died of thirst , were swept away by floods , sank in a quicksand or butchered each other ...
Contents
HIGH NOON FOR MORAL IMPROVERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 73 |
OVERSTRAITERS OVERLANDERS AND OTHERS DESCEND | 84 |
ENGLANDS ECHO IN THE ANTIPODES | 113 |
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