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Page 152
... Lake Gairdner and thence northwards ; this accomplished , the western shores of Lake Torrens were to be surveyed ; and then , if it were found to be practicable , the area between these two lakes was to be connected with Sturt's country ...
... Lake Gairdner and thence northwards ; this accomplished , the western shores of Lake Torrens were to be surveyed ; and then , if it were found to be practicable , the area between these two lakes was to be connected with Sturt's country ...
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The Story of Australian Exploration John Howard Lidgett Cumpston. Babbage's route south of Lake Torrens and north of Lake Gairdner is the present route of the Transcontinental Railway . While Babbage was so engaged McDouall Stuart , who ...
The Story of Australian Exploration John Howard Lidgett Cumpston. Babbage's route south of Lake Torrens and north of Lake Gairdner is the present route of the Transcontinental Railway . While Babbage was so engaged McDouall Stuart , who ...
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... Lake Gairdner , then to Ooldea , where he formed a depot . After scouting round north , and west as far as the Western Australian boundary , finding many salt lakes but little fresh water , he ultimately found water just to the west of ...
... Lake Gairdner , then to Ooldea , where he formed a depot . After scouting round north , and west as far as the Western Australian boundary , finding many salt lakes but little fresh water , he ultimately found water just to the west of ...
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