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Page 73
... Oxley's journeys of land exploration ended . Macquarie repeated his former praise of Oxley after the ex- pedition in equally cordial words . Governor King had earlier said of him that he was a " very active , sober , and attentive young ...
... Oxley's journeys of land exploration ended . Macquarie repeated his former praise of Oxley after the ex- pedition in equally cordial words . Governor King had earlier said of him that he was a " very active , sober , and attentive young ...
Page 84
... Oxley , Meehan and Throsby . In 1824 the problem left by Oxley as to what lay south of the Lachlan and west of the high Monaro tableland - Oxley's " unin- habitable country " -interested Brisbane , and he conceived the curious project ...
... Oxley , Meehan and Throsby . In 1824 the problem left by Oxley as to what lay south of the Lachlan and west of the high Monaro tableland - Oxley's " unin- habitable country " -interested Brisbane , and he conceived the curious project ...
Page 86
... Oxley , the official authority , favoured the inland sea theory . Brisbane's term as governor ended in December 1825 ... Oxley's report to Bathurst , Brisbane said that it began " a new era in the history of the continent of New Holland ...
... Oxley , the official authority , favoured the inland sea theory . Brisbane's term as governor ended in December 1825 ... Oxley's report to Bathurst , Brisbane said that it began " a new era in the history of the continent of New Holland ...
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