Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-west and Western Australia, During the Years 1837, 38, and 39, Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government: Describing Many Newly Discovered, Important, and Fertile Districts, with Observations on the Moral and Physical Condition of the Aboriginal Inhabitants, &c., &c. London, T. and W. Boone, 1841, Volume 1Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 - Aboriginal Australians |
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Page 238
... AUSTRALIAN TRIBES - CAVES - DRAW- INGS - TOMBS . Natural History . - North Western Australia seems to be peculiarly prolific in birds , reptiles , and insects , who dwell here nearly unmolested , mutually preying upon each other , and ...
... AUSTRALIAN TRIBES - CAVES - DRAW- INGS - TOMBS . Natural History . - North Western Australia seems to be peculiarly prolific in birds , reptiles , and insects , who dwell here nearly unmolested , mutually preying upon each other , and ...
Page 252
... Australian tribes , with which I have since become pretty intimately acquainted ; whilst in their form and appearance ... Australia , and they were never seen wild by us . The natives manufacture their water - buckets and weapons very ...
... Australian tribes , with which I have since become pretty intimately acquainted ; whilst in their form and appearance ... Australia , and they were never seen wild by us . The natives manufacture their water - buckets and weapons very ...
Page 258
... Australian caves , which contain paintings , have been recorded . The first is by Captain Flinders and the second by Mr. Cun- ningham in King's ... Australia , vol . ii . p . 25 . PAINTINGS AT CLACK'S ISLAND . 259 Clack's * Island presented.
... Australian caves , which contain paintings , have been recorded . The first is by Captain Flinders and the second by Mr. Cun- ningham in King's ... Australia , vol . ii . p . 25 . PAINTINGS AT CLACK'S ISLAND . 259 Clack's * Island presented.
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acalepha amongst animal appeared Australia banks basaltic beach beak to tip beautiful Bernier Island birds BLOWING STONE boat Breadth breakfast Cape Captain caught cave cliffs coast Coles colour Diphya direction distance encampment feet fertile formed Glenelg Glenelg River ground Guanches halted Hanover Bay head hills horses island Kaiber kangaroo land Length from root Length from tip Length of foot lofty Lord Glenelg Lushington Lynher mangroves March miles MOLLUSCA morning mouth moved natives nearly night observed party passed Perth picul ponies Prince Regent's River rain ravine resembling rocks rocky root to tip route Ruston sandstone range sandy Savignon schooner seen Sharks Sharks Bay shells shore side soon southward spear species spot Steep Point stream Swan River Teneriffe tentacula tion tip of beak tip of tail tip of wing trees valley vessel Walker Western Australia whilst wind wooded