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 1Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Aboriginal Australians |
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Page 209
... breakfast , I found that the men had caught three fish , and one of the long - necked fresh - water turtle , which are common over the whole of this continent . Mr. Lushington had also shot several black cockatoos , so that we were ...
... breakfast , I found that the men had caught three fish , and one of the long - necked fresh - water turtle , which are common over the whole of this continent . Mr. Lushington had also shot several black cockatoos , so that we were ...
Page 211
... breakfast by the side of a stream , and on casting my eyes upwards , I found that I was in a sort of natural grapery , for the tree under which I lay was covered with a plant which bears a sort of grape , and , I believe , is a species ...
... breakfast by the side of a stream , and on casting my eyes upwards , I found that I was in a sort of natural grapery , for the tree under which I lay was covered with a plant which bears a sort of grape , and , I believe , is a species ...
Page 313
... breakfast on the banks of the same river , which here issues out of the Darling Range , after having found a passage through that chain of mountains . Whilst breakfast was preparing I walked up into the mouth of the gorge , which was ...
... breakfast on the banks of the same river , which here issues out of the Darling Range , after having found a passage through that chain of mountains . Whilst breakfast was preparing I walked up into the mouth of the gorge , which was ...
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