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... creek he followed southward for three hundred miles and found that it ended in large salt lakes near a mountain which he named Mount Wilson . The creek he named Sturt Creek " after Captain Sturt whose researches in Australia are too ...
... creek he followed southward for three hundred miles and found that it ended in large salt lakes near a mountain which he named Mount Wilson . The creek he named Sturt Creek " after Captain Sturt whose researches in Australia are too ...
Page 165
... Creek is , that you should explore the country intervening between it and Leichhardt's track south of the Gulf of Carpentaria , avoiding , as far as practicable , Sturt's route on the west , and Gregory's , down the Victoria [ Barcoo ] ...
... Creek is , that you should explore the country intervening between it and Leichhardt's track south of the Gulf of Carpentaria , avoiding , as far as practicable , Sturt's route on the west , and Gregory's , down the Victoria [ Barcoo ] ...
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... Sturt's last point on Eyre Creek to Gregory's last point on Sturt Creek was contemplated . War- burton had now covered more than half this distance . The region between the Overland Telegraph Line and Eyre Creek on the Queens- land ...
... Sturt's last point on Eyre Creek to Gregory's last point on Sturt Creek was contemplated . War- burton had now covered more than half this distance . The region between the Overland Telegraph Line and Eyre Creek on the Queens- land ...
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