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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... Grass trees ( Xanthorrhea ) grew near the spot where we had halted ; they appeared unhealthy and stunted , but indeed I suspect they are a new and undescribed variety . Being desirous of procuring any thing I could for the men to eat ...
... Grass trees ( Xanthorrhea ) grew near the spot where we had halted ; they appeared unhealthy and stunted , but indeed I suspect they are a new and undescribed variety . Being desirous of procuring any thing I could for the men to eat ...
Page 235
... grass on his land , which is done for the double purpose of enabling the natives to take the older animals more easily , and to provide a new crop of sweeter grass for the rising generation of the forest , not only all the other ...
... grass on his land , which is done for the double purpose of enabling the natives to take the older animals more easily , and to provide a new crop of sweeter grass for the rising generation of the forest , not only all the other ...
Page 289
... grass - trees on their land at a particular season of the year , in order that they may have an abun- dance of this highly prized article of food . If two or more men have a right to hunt over the same portion of ground , and one of ...
... grass - trees on their land at a particular season of the year , in order that they may have an abun- dance of this highly prized article of food . If two or more men have a right to hunt over the same portion of ground , and one of ...
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