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... Governor Hunter in Sydney : " I see the future prospect of empire and dominion which now can- not be disappointed . Who knows but England may revive in New South Wales when it has sunk in Europe . ' When the independence of the American ...
... Governor Hunter in Sydney : " I see the future prospect of empire and dominion which now can- not be disappointed . Who knows but England may revive in New South Wales when it has sunk in Europe . ' When the independence of the American ...
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... Governor Macquarie's arrival in January 1810 , a new phase in the long story began . The rebel group who had ... governors , Phillip , Hunter , King and Bligh , had been naval captains with no experience of land problems , or of the ...
... Governor Macquarie's arrival in January 1810 , a new phase in the long story began . The rebel group who had ... governors , Phillip , Hunter , King and Bligh , had been naval captains with no experience of land problems , or of the ...
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... Governor MacDonnell , on hearing of the success of these two journeys , reported to the Colonial Office that this was " another decided step in advance through available country towards the Victoria River " . He was referring to ...
... Governor MacDonnell , on hearing of the success of these two journeys , reported to the Colonial Office that this was " another decided step in advance through available country towards the Victoria River " . He was referring to ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I The Early Centuries of Ignorance I | 1 |
The Dutch Discovery of Australia 127 | 12 |
British Navigators | 28 |
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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 eastward England examined expedition exploration Flinders followed Giles Governor Gregory's Gulf of Carpentaria headwaters Holland hope Hume hundred miles inland sea interior islands Java journal journey King Lachlan Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens land large river latitude Leichhardt London Macquarie Macquarie River Melbourne Mitchell Mount mountains Murchison Murray Murrumbidgee navigation north-east north-west northern northward Ocean overland Oxley Oxley's party passage Perth plains Port Essington reached region returned route sailed Scale in Miles settlement ship South Australia South Wales south-west southward Spencer Gulf spinifex Stokes Strait stream Sturt survey Sydney Tasman Terra Australis thence tracks travelled unknown Victoria River voyage Warburton west coast Western Australia western coast westward Zealand