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Page 99
... journey home , rowing against the current ( sometimes against flood waters ) ; whereas they had taken thirty - five days downstream , the return journey by water took nearly twice as long . They reached their old camp near Narrandera ...
... journey home , rowing against the current ( sometimes against flood waters ) ; whereas they had taken thirty - five days downstream , the return journey by water took nearly twice as long . They reached their old camp near Narrandera ...
Page 154
... journey north - west to Stuart Range ( near Coober Pedy ) , he turned south - east to Lake Labyrinth , then south - west through Warburton Range ( near Tarcoola ) to Mount Finke . " The journey today has been through horrid dense scrub ...
... journey north - west to Stuart Range ( near Coober Pedy ) , he turned south - east to Lake Labyrinth , then south - west through Warburton Range ( near Tarcoola ) to Mount Finke . " The journey today has been through horrid dense scrub ...
Page 160
... journey ended with short scouting journeys , north- west into barren scrub country , and north - east to Hayward Creek . After a short rest here , he made another attempt to proceed northward but a serious encounter with aborigines on ...
... journey ended with short scouting journeys , north- west into barren scrub country , and north - east to Hayward Creek . After a short rest here , he made another attempt to proceed northward but a serious encounter with aborigines on ...
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