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... examined by Mr. C. Grimes and by captain W. R. Broughton of H.M. ship Providence ; but the intermediate portions of ... examined George's River for twenty miles , thus passing the site of Liverpool . In 1796 in another small boat of ...
... examined by Mr. C. Grimes and by captain W. R. Broughton of H.M. ship Providence ; but the intermediate portions of ... examined George's River for twenty miles , thus passing the site of Liverpool . In 1796 in another small boat of ...
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... examined Van Diemen Gulf as far as Cape Hotham . The Alligator River " excited very sanguine hopes in our minds " , but examination in a small boat proved that here was no great opening into the interior . King summed up the results of ...
... examined Van Diemen Gulf as far as Cape Hotham . The Alligator River " excited very sanguine hopes in our minds " , but examination in a small boat proved that here was no great opening into the interior . King summed up the results of ...
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... examined Admiralty Gulf and Vansittart Bay , but omitted Napier Broome Bay with the Drysdale River entering it . He had now passed by the Daly , Victoria and Ord rivers , the only three great rivers in the north - west sector of the ...
... examined Admiralty Gulf and Vansittart Bay , but omitted Napier Broome Bay with the Drysdale River entering it . He had now passed by the Daly , Victoria and Ord rivers , the only three great rivers in the north - west sector of the ...
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