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... discovery un- finished . The prospect of successful trading with this great south land was unsatisfactory , and it is possible that further discovery of the Austra- lian continent might have been long delayed but for the discovery by ...
... discovery un- finished . The prospect of successful trading with this great south land was unsatisfactory , and it is possible that further discovery of the Austra- lian continent might have been long delayed but for the discovery by ...
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... discovery of a large and important river " . Oxley in his examin- ation of Moreton Bay had discovered the mouth of the Brisbane River , had gone in boats about fifty miles upstream , and thought that it would be navigable still farther ...
... discovery of a large and important river " . Oxley in his examin- ation of Moreton Bay had discovered the mouth of the Brisbane River , had gone in boats about fifty miles upstream , and thought that it would be navigable still farther ...
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... Discovery in North - west and Western Australia During the Years 1837 , 38 and 39. 2 vols . London , 1841 . HAWDON , J. , The Journal of a Journey from New South Wales to Adelaide Performed in 1838. Melbourne , 1952 . HEERES , J. E. ...
... Discovery in North - west and Western Australia During the Years 1837 , 38 and 39. 2 vols . London , 1841 . HAWDON , J. , The Journal of a Journey from New South Wales to Adelaide Performed in 1838. Melbourne , 1952 . HEERES , J. E. ...
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