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... Port Essington Port Darwin Places and features named by King Places and features named by Wickham and Stokes MAP 8. - Parts of the coasts of northern Australia surveyed by King ( 1817-22 ) and Wickham and Stokes ( 1837-41 ) . Sturt 1828 ...
... Port Essington Port Darwin Places and features named by King Places and features named by Wickham and Stokes MAP 8. - Parts of the coasts of northern Australia surveyed by King ( 1817-22 ) and Wickham and Stokes ( 1837-41 ) . Sturt 1828 ...
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... Port Essington , and that both Eyre and Mitchell were candidates for the leadership . There had , however , been action even earlier . In a despatch to the Colonial Office in September 1840 , Gipps had said that he wanted to arrange an ...
... Port Essington , and that both Eyre and Mitchell were candidates for the leadership . There had , however , been action even earlier . In a despatch to the Colonial Office in September 1840 , Gipps had said that he wanted to arrange an ...
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... Port Essington . Gipps considered this the more feasible route , but Mitchell , supported by the Legislative Council , favoured a direct overland route . He was authorized to follow this route which would take him to Bourke on the ...
... Port Essington . Gipps considered this the more feasible route , but Mitchell , supported by the Legislative Council , favoured a direct overland route . He was authorized to follow this route which would take him to Bourke on the ...
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