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Page 121
... Perth . He remained in this region for a short time only , then getting into difficulties was rescued by a vessel . The only result of this abortive attempt was the discovery of the Glenelg River , a comparatively unimportant stream ...
... Perth . He remained in this region for a short time only , then getting into difficulties was rescued by a vessel . The only result of this abortive attempt was the discovery of the Glenelg River , a comparatively unimportant stream ...
Page 123
... Perth in 1840 it is probable that Stokes met Eyre who had brought cattle by sea from Adelaide to Albany and was then in Perth . It is certain that a little later he met both Eyre and Sturt in Adelaide . He would then have learned of ...
... Perth in 1840 it is probable that Stokes met Eyre who had brought cattle by sea from Adelaide to Albany and was then in Perth . It is certain that a little later he met both Eyre and Sturt in Adelaide . He would then have learned of ...
Page 175
... Perth to Adelaide , keeping near the coast and depending upon supplies that were to be deposited by ship at assigned points along the coast . Leaving Perth on 30th March The Assault on the Desert 175.
... Perth to Adelaide , keeping near the coast and depending upon supplies that were to be deposited by ship at assigned points along the coast . Leaving Perth on 30th March The Assault on the Desert 175.
Contents
The Dutch Discovery of Australia | 12 |
British Navigators | 28 |
IV | 47 |
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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 Albert River Barcoo base camp Bathurst Brisbane Burke Colonial Office continent Cooper Creek course crossed Cunningham Dampier Darling desert discovered discovery Dutch east eastern eastward examined expedition exploration Fitzroy Flinders followed Forrest geographical Giles Governor Gregory's Guinea Gulf of Carpentaria headwaters hope Hume hundred miles inland sea interior islands Java Journal journey King knowledge Lachlan Lagoon Lake Eyre Lake Gairdner Lake Torrens land large river latitude Leichhardt London Macquarie Melbourne Mitchell Mount mountains Murchison Murray Murrumbidgee navigable north-east north-west northern northward Oxley Oxley's party passage Perth plains Port Essington Queensland Range Rawlinson Range reached region returned route sailed salt settlement South Australia South Wales south-east south-west southern southward Spencer Gulf spinifex Stokes Strait stream Sturt Creek survey Sydney Tasman Terra Australis thence track travelled unknown Victoria River voyage Warburton waterless west coast Western Australia westward Zealand