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Page 16
The acclaim and preferment he had been awarded for his heroic journey down
the Murray in 1829–30 had not come up to his expectations . The Barker report of
a rich country near the mouth of the Murray gave him the chance to endow his ...
The acclaim and preferment he had been awarded for his heroic journey down
the Murray in 1829–30 had not come up to his expectations . The Barker report of
a rich country near the mouth of the Murray gave him the chance to endow his ...
Page 35
When Stirling heard in October 1834 that a tribe of natives in the Murray district
had grown so bold , after murdering four or five white persons , that they were
threatening to spear all the inhabitants in that area , he decided to deal effectually
...
When Stirling heard in October 1834 that a tribe of natives in the Murray district
had grown so bold , after murdering four or five white persons , that they were
threatening to spear all the inhabitants in that area , he decided to deal effectually
...
Page 97
In 1835 he attempted to trace the Darling from the point reached by Sturt in 1828
down to its junction with the Murray but gave up at Menindee and returned to
Sydney raging at the ' dry and naked wilderness ' and those wild men the ...
In 1835 he attempted to trace the Darling from the point reached by Sturt in 1828
down to its junction with the Murray but gave up at Menindee and returned to
Sydney raging at the ' dry and naked wilderness ' and those wild men the ...
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Contents
ANOTHER PROVINCE FOR BRITAINS GENTRY | 17 |
A BRITISH PROVINCE WITH A LAUDABLE PURPOSE | 42 |
HIGH NOON FOR MORAL IMPROVERS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA | 62 |
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