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 295
... NATIVES . 295 probably go on with me ; they , at the same time , assured me that they would preserve the most pro- found secresy as to the fact of my having any cause of quarrel to the northward ; and advised me to hold my tongue upon ...
... NATIVES . 295 probably go on with me ; they , at the same time , assured me that they would preserve the most pro- found secresy as to the fact of my having any cause of quarrel to the northward ; and advised me to hold my tongue upon ...
Page 308
... natives , that they last night brought me the head and forequarters of a kangaroo , being the only game they had ... natives , and travelled up a swampy valley , running nearly in the same line as the chain of lakes we had followed in ...
... natives , that they last night brought me the head and forequarters of a kangaroo , being the only game they had ... natives , and travelled up a swampy valley , running nearly in the same line as the chain of lakes we had followed in ...
Page 362
... NATIVES . a mile after we had crossed the river we came to seven native huts , built of large - sized logs , much higher , and altogether of a very superior descrip- tion to those made by the natives on the south- western coast . Kaiber ...
... NATIVES . a mile after we had crossed the river we came to seven native huts , built of large - sized logs , much higher , and altogether of a very superior descrip- tion to those made by the natives on the south- western coast . Kaiber ...
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