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 99
... formed walls of cliffs on each side of us , and we finally reached a point where a single lofty pillar standing in front of a dry cascade , formed the centre of an amphitheatre of sandstone . There was some water in a little na- tural ...
... formed walls of cliffs on each side of us , and we finally reached a point where a single lofty pillar standing in front of a dry cascade , formed the centre of an amphitheatre of sandstone . There was some water in a little na- tural ...
Page 173
... formed a series of rapids , and was apparently broken into several channels ; the one which they reached was not more than fifty or sixty yards wide , the tide at low water being full seven or eight feet below the level of the rocks ...
... formed a series of rapids , and was apparently broken into several channels ; the one which they reached was not more than fifty or sixty yards wide , the tide at low water being full seven or eight feet below the level of the rocks ...
Page 214
... formed the roof . The cave was twenty feet deep , and at the entrance seven feet high , and about forty feet wide . As before stated , the floor gradually approached the roof in the direction of the bottom of the cavern , and its width ...
... formed the roof . The cave was twenty feet deep , and at the entrance seven feet high , and about forty feet wide . As before stated , the floor gradually approached the roof in the direction of the bottom of the cavern , and its width ...
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