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 235
... land . I have often heard natives myself tell me , in answer to my own questions on the subject , who were the Aboriginal owners of par- ticular tracts of land now held by Europeans ; and indeed this idea of property in the soil , for ...
... land . I have often heard natives myself tell me , in answer to my own questions on the subject , who were the Aboriginal owners of par- ticular tracts of land now held by Europeans ; and indeed this idea of property in the soil , for ...
Page 411
... Land . The genera Echidna and Ornithorhynchus are found in New Holland and Van Diemen's Land , but I have not heard of their having been discovered in the Western or Southern parts of the continent of Australia . There are some of the ...
... Land . The genera Echidna and Ornithorhynchus are found in New Holland and Van Diemen's Land , but I have not heard of their having been discovered in the Western or Southern parts of the continent of Australia . There are some of the ...
Page 412
... Land , and one common to it and Norfolk Island ; while of the 24 species found on Van Diemen's Land , 11 are found in it alone . The species common to the Australian Continent and Van Diemen's Land , are - 2 . Nyctophilus Geoffroyii -4 ...
... Land , and one common to it and Norfolk Island ; while of the 24 species found on Van Diemen's Land , 11 are found in it alone . The species common to the Australian Continent and Van Diemen's Land , are - 2 . Nyctophilus Geoffroyii -4 ...
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