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... north and north - west coasts of Australia as far as Eendracht's Land , that is to North - West Cape in Western Australia ( Willems River ) . Although no written record of this voyage survives , there is little doubt that Tasman sailed ...
... north and north - west coasts of Australia as far as Eendracht's Land , that is to North - West Cape in Western Australia ( Willems River ) . Although no written record of this voyage survives , there is little doubt that Tasman sailed ...
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... west and from north to south in two years , if the cost were met by the Government and details left to his discretion . He wrote : " The character of the Australian continent is peculiar . In my humble opinion it was at one time an ...
... west and from north to south in two years , if the cost were met by the Government and details left to his discretion . He wrote : " The character of the Australian continent is peculiar . In my humble opinion it was at one time an ...
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... north - west , but first made a reconnaissance to the west . On this journey he reached the north - east corner of Lake Blanche , of which he said : “ As far as I could judge , this singular feature must have been connected with ...
... north - west , but first made a reconnaissance to the west . On this journey he reached the north - east corner of Lake Blanche , of which he said : “ As far as I could judge , this singular feature must have been connected with ...
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