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Page 137
... headwaters of the Belyando : here he believed he had at length " discovered the head of a north- west river " . He followed the Belyando down for a long distance to north of 22 ° S . , and was then close to the point at which Leichhardt ...
... headwaters of the Belyando : here he believed he had at length " discovered the head of a north- west river " . He followed the Belyando down for a long distance to north of 22 ° S . , and was then close to the point at which Leichhardt ...
Page 162
... headwaters of the main stream of the Victoria River there was , immediately on his return , a desire that this transcontinental crossing should be com- pleted . This task was again entrusted to Stuart . His instructions this time were ...
... headwaters of the main stream of the Victoria River there was , immediately on his return , a desire that this transcontinental crossing should be com- pleted . This task was again entrusted to Stuart . His instructions this time were ...
Page 181
... headwaters of the Oakover River in 1861 ; and he confirmed their verdict that the desert extended north - west to these points . By this journey it had been established that the sterile conditions of the south were continuous to the ...
... headwaters of the Oakover River in 1861 ; and he confirmed their verdict that the desert extended north - west to these points . By this journey it had been established that the sterile conditions of the south were continuous to the ...
Contents
The Dutch Discovery of Australia | 12 |
British Navigators | 28 |
The First Years of the Colony | 47 |
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The Inland Sea and the Great River: The Story of Australian Exploration John Howard Lidgett Cumpston No preview available - 1964 |
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A. C. Gregory Adelaide Archipelago Bathurst Bligh boats Brisbane Cape York coast of Australia Colonial Office Cook Cooper Creek course crossed Cunningham Dampier Darling desert Diemen's discovered discovery Dividing Range Dutch east eastern coast eastward England examined expedition exploration Fitzroy Flinders followed Forrest Giles Governor Gregory's Gulf of Carpentaria headwaters Holland hope Hume hundred miles inland sea interior islands Java journal journey Lachlan Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens latitude Leichhardt London Macquarie Macquarie River Melbourne Mitchell Mount mountains Murchison Murray Murrumbidgee navigation north-east north-west northern northward Nova Guinea Ocean overland Oxley Oxley's party passage Perth plains Port Essington reached region returned route sailed settlement ship South Australia south land South Wales south-west southward Spencer Gulf spinifex Stokes stream Sturt survey Sydney Tasman Terra Australis thence tracks travelled unknown vast Victoria River voyage Warburton west coast Western Australia westward Zealand