Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841, Volume 2Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Australia |
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Page 118
... districts of good country were also found in the course of this expedition , -- the " Province of Victoria , " before alluded to , the district of " Babbage , " and another adjacent to Perth , to which I have not affixed a name . The ...
... districts of good country were also found in the course of this expedition , -- the " Province of Victoria , " before alluded to , the district of " Babbage , " and another adjacent to Perth , to which I have not affixed a name . The ...
Page 136
... district , which is connected with Perth by a chain of fresh- water lakes , the greatest distance between any two of them being not more than from five to six miles . The whole of this district is , there- fore , fit for location , and ...
... district , which is connected with Perth by a chain of fresh- water lakes , the greatest distance between any two of them being not more than from five to six miles . The whole of this district is , there- fore , fit for location , and ...
Page 413
... district are : - 22. Phascogale leucogaster - 23 . Myrmecobius fasciatus- 28. Perameles fuscoventer - 29 . Perameles obesula- 30. Perameles lagotis - 51 . Macropus lunatus - 54 . Halma- turus manicatus - 60 . Halmaturus brevicaudatus ...
... district are : - 22. Phascogale leucogaster - 23 . Myrmecobius fasciatus- 28. Perameles fuscoventer - 29 . Perameles obesula- 30. Perameles lagotis - 51 . Macropus lunatus - 54 . Halma- turus manicatus - 60 . Halmaturus brevicaudatus ...
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