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 197
... basaltic ridge , at a point close to which there was a large crop of the grain which we called wild oats . This is a remarkable vegetable production , growing to the height of from five to six feet ; in the stalk , the shape , and mode ...
... basaltic ridge , at a point close to which there was a large crop of the grain which we called wild oats . This is a remarkable vegetable production , growing to the height of from five to six feet ; in the stalk , the shape , and mode ...
Page 198
... basaltic hills , from between which a small valley led down into another very large one , that was the gene- ral receptacle of the streams which came pouring in from all directions . This last might be considered as a good type of the ...
... basaltic hills , from between which a small valley led down into another very large one , that was the gene- ral receptacle of the streams which came pouring in from all directions . This last might be considered as a good type of the ...
Page 199
... basaltic rocks , and received the deposit of such an extent of elevated basaltic land , I need scarcely add that it was highly fertile . I believe that these valleys , which are very common in North- Western Australia , and contain from ...
... basaltic rocks , and received the deposit of such an extent of elevated basaltic land , I need scarcely add that it was highly fertile . I believe that these valleys , which are very common in North- Western Australia , and contain from ...
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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