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Page 17
... instructions for an investigation of the south land , " as much of the situation and nature of these regions as God Almighty shall vouchsafe to allow " . His instructions were that investigators should follow the west coast southward to ...
... instructions for an investigation of the south land , " as much of the situation and nature of these regions as God Almighty shall vouchsafe to allow " . His instructions were that investigators should follow the west coast southward to ...
Page 56
... instructions issued by the Admiralty Commissioners to Flinders , Banks played a directing part . The instructions to Flinders include this passage : ... on your arrival on the coast , use your best endeavours to dis- cover such harbours ...
... instructions issued by the Admiralty Commissioners to Flinders , Banks played a directing part . The instructions to Flinders include this passage : ... on your arrival on the coast , use your best endeavours to dis- cover such harbours ...
Page 145
... instructions from the Colonial Office were that he was to take his expedition by sea to the Victoria River where he was to establish his land base : he was then to explore the country around the headwaters of that river , and , having ...
... instructions from the Colonial Office were that he was to take his expedition by sea to the Victoria River where he was to establish his land base : he was then to explore the country around the headwaters of that river , and , having ...
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