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 127
... grass in the ravine , we were compelled , about the 28th , to move them to the higher grounds . These , at our first arrival on this coast , were per- fectly dry and burnt up ; but since the heavy rains had set in they teemed with ...
... grass in the ravine , we were compelled , about the 28th , to move them to the higher grounds . These , at our first arrival on this coast , were per- fectly dry and burnt up ; but since the heavy rains had set in they teemed with ...
Page 204
... GRASS . was good , and far superior to what a savage race could be supposed capable of executing . The only proof of antiquity that it bore about it was that all the edges of the cutting were rounded and perfectly smooth , much more so ...
... GRASS . was good , and far superior to what a savage race could be supposed capable of executing . The only proof of antiquity that it bore about it was that all the edges of the cutting were rounded and perfectly smooth , much more so ...
Page 222
... grass and water were , however , everywhere abundant ; and they saw , in the spots where the grass was most luxuriant , the root which I found on the hill at our first encamp- ment on the good land . The last point they attained was a ...
... grass and water were , however , everywhere abundant ; and they saw , in the spots where the grass was most luxuriant , the root which I found on the hill at our first encamp- ment on the good land . The last point they attained was a ...
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