The Inland Sea and the Great River: The Story of Australian ExplorationNon-Aboriginal material. |
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... land which we have sailed along and discovered . In honour of Their High Mightinesses the States General we gave to this land the name of Staten Landt since we deemed it quite possible that this land is part of the great Staten Landt ...
... land which we have sailed along and discovered . In honour of Their High Mightinesses the States General we gave to this land the name of Staten Landt since we deemed it quite possible that this land is part of the great Staten Landt ...
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... land was separated from the unknown south land . If a channel were found at the base of the Gulf of Carpentaria he was to sail along it to Van Diemen's Land , so as to determine whether that land was united to Nova Guinea or Nuyts Land ...
... land was separated from the unknown south land . If a channel were found at the base of the Gulf of Carpentaria he was to sail along it to Van Diemen's Land , so as to determine whether that land was united to Nova Guinea or Nuyts Land ...
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... land . Then he sailed direct to Tahiti . As the Endeavour was making its way across the Pacific in a north - westerly direction towards Tahiti , Banks made the follow- ing reflections : 20th March , 1769. When I look on the charts of ...
... land . Then he sailed direct to Tahiti . As the Endeavour was making its way across the Pacific in a north - westerly direction towards Tahiti , Banks made the follow- ing reflections : 20th March , 1769. When I look on the charts of ...
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