Journals of Several Expeditions Made in Western Australia During the Years 1829, 1830, 1831 and 1832: Under the Sanction of the Governor, Sir James Stirling |
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appeared arrived ascended Augusta banks beach bearing bivouac Blackwood boat brackish Cape Cape Leeuwin Cape Naturaliste channel cirri cirro str cirro strati clear cloudy coast Cockburn Sound colony course crossed direction distance ditto ditto ditto eastern eastward eight extend feet French River granite grass ground half a mile half-past halted harbour Hummock island journey Kalgan kangaroo King George's Sound Koikyennuruff lagoon land light loam mahogany moder Mokare morning Mount Bakewell Mount Gardener Mount Manypeak mountain Nakina natives night o'clock observed Oyster Harbour party passed Perth plain Porrongurup Port Leschenault proceeded quarter rain range red gum rock rocky sand sandy seen settlers shore showers shrubs side soil squally stream running summit swamp Swan River three miles timber tion Toolbrunup trees valley Vasse walked WbyN Western Western Australia white gum wind wooded Wtly yards
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Page 32 - In obedience to the command, the king built a vessel about three quarters of a mile in length and half a mile in breadth, which...
Page 156 - I have the honor to transmit to you, for the information of His Excellency the Governor General...
Page 154 - SW coast, and seemed, from a superficial examination, to afford a limestone aa well as the lower cliffs on the beach, freer from siliceous sand than those in the vicinity of Swan River. In the winter season, a marshy declivity, WSW of Seal Island, sends streamlets of fresh water to the beach, where an American vessel once took in her water. LETTERS FROM MR. DALE, giving a summary description of the Country passed over in going to Mount Bakewell, and, also, in an Expedition to examine the Country...
Page 235 - Then let every one earnestly strive, Sirs, Do his best, be alert and alive, Sirs, We'll soon see our colony thrive, Sirs, So Western Australia for me. No lions or tigers* we here dread to meet, Our innocent quadrupeds hop on two feet ; No tithes and no taxes we now have to pay, And our geese are all swans, as some witty folks say.
Page 234 - From the old Western world, we have come to explore The wilds of this Western Australian shore ; In search of a country, we've ventured to roam, And now that we've found it, let's make it our home. And what though the colony's new, Sirs, And inhabitants yet may be few, Sirs, We see them encreasing here too, Sirs, So Western Australia for me.
Page 105 - I measured one, it was, breast-high, forty-twp feet in circumference ; in height, before a branch, 140 or 150 we thought at least, and as straight as the barrel of a gun : from the immense growth of these trees, I formed an opinion that the land upon which they grew could not be bad ; what...
Page 234 - twill be found Two crops in the year we may get from the ground; There's good wood and good water, good flesh and good fish, Good soil and good clime, and what more could you wish. Then let every one earnestly strive, Sirs, Do his best, be alert and alive, Sirs, We'll soon see our colony thrive, Sirs, So Western Australia for me.
Page 14 - NNW, all well ; at nine o'clock we arrived at a large lagoon, from three to six feet deep, where we halted, kindled a fire, and took breakfast; an empty preserved-meat-canister serving the double purpose of tea-kettle and tea-pot.
Page 234 - Sirs, They'll soon be increasing here too, Sirs, So the Western Australia for me. By care and attention I'm sure 'twill be found, Two crops in the year we may get off the ground; Good wood and good water, good flesh and good fish, Good soil and good clime, and what more could you wish. Let every one earnestly strive, Sir, Do his best, be alert and alive, Sir, We'll soon see our Colony thrive, Sir, So Western Australia for me. No furious south-easters—no burning simoon— Our harvests to blight,...