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... Gulf of Carpentaria he was to sail along it to Van Diemen's Land , so as to determine whether that land was united ... gulf , thus continuing the misconception that Nova Guinea and Australia were one unit . He then explored the Gulf of ...
... Gulf of Carpentaria he was to sail along it to Van Diemen's Land , so as to determine whether that land was united ... gulf , thus continuing the misconception that Nova Guinea and Australia were one unit . He then explored the Gulf of ...
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... Gulf of Carpentaria , westward and southward as far as the north - west cape ; including the opening , or deep bay , called Van Diemen's Bay and the cluster of islands called Rosemary Islands , * and the inlets behind them , which ...
... Gulf of Carpentaria , westward and southward as far as the north - west cape ; including the opening , or deep bay , called Van Diemen's Bay and the cluster of islands called Rosemary Islands , * and the inlets behind them , which ...
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... Gulf of Carpentaria , Leichhardt entered in his journal : * The first sight of the salt water of the gulf was hailed by all with feelings of indescribable pleasure , and by none more than myself ; although tinctured with regret at not ...
... Gulf of Carpentaria , Leichhardt entered in his journal : * The first sight of the salt water of the gulf was hailed by all with feelings of indescribable pleasure , and by none more than myself ; although tinctured with regret at not ...
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I The Early Centuries of Ignorance I | 1 |
The Dutch Discovery of Australia 127 | 12 |
British Navigators | 28 |
Copyright | |
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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