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 101
... valley , the largest and best I had yet seen , con- taining trees and birds , such as we had not before met with ; kangaroos were more plentiful , and , for the first time , we saw the opossum . The valley was more than a mile in width ...
... valley , the largest and best I had yet seen , con- taining trees and birds , such as we had not before met with ; kangaroos were more plentiful , and , for the first time , we saw the opossum . The valley was more than a mile in width ...
Page 199
... VALLEY . 199 each side , so as to form a perfect gorge , the direc tion of which was due west . In about a mile and a - half this gorge met a cross valley , running from the south to the north , down which the waters were poured , so as ...
... VALLEY . 199 each side , so as to form a perfect gorge , the direc tion of which was due west . In about a mile and a - half this gorge met a cross valley , running from the south to the north , down which the waters were poured , so as ...
Page 210
... valley , but in its centre we found another impassable stream , and , in order to turn this , were obliged to travel round the valley ; but before we could gain the head of it , we had to cross two streams which ran into it on the ...
... valley , but in its centre we found another impassable stream , and , in order to turn this , were obliged to travel round the valley ; but before we could gain the head of it , we had to cross two streams which ran into it on the ...
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