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... Victoria River to its head and crossing the watershed , he came to Hooker Creek : from there he pushed south - east ... River to its source , had dispelled the vision of Stokes that this was another Murray River draining a vast watershed ...
... Victoria River to its head and crossing the watershed , he came to Hooker Creek : from there he pushed south - east ... River to its source , had dispelled the vision of Stokes that this was another Murray River draining a vast watershed ...
Page 161
... Victoria River . " However , he had to decide otherwise and commenced the return journey . At his end point he was ... River to the Gulf . He was five hundred miles north - west of Sturt's farthest point on the edge of the Simpson Desert ...
... Victoria River . " However , he had to decide otherwise and commenced the return journey . At his end point he was ... River to the Gulf . He was five hundred miles north - west of Sturt's farthest point on the edge of the Simpson Desert ...
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The Story of Australian Exploration John Howard Lidgett Cumpston. established stock route direct from Victoria River to Newcastle Waters . Stuart was finally forced to return to the Tomkinson , where he tried again to reach the Victoria ...
The Story of Australian Exploration John Howard Lidgett Cumpston. established stock route direct from Victoria River to Newcastle Waters . Stuart was finally forced to return to the Tomkinson , where he tried again to reach the Victoria ...
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