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Page 43
... Port Essington perhaps , or at Liverpool River , or he may move the borders of Cook's New South Wales as far west as he likes . There is room , and to spare , on the sandy shores of New Holland . Tamar swings south of the continent to ...
... Port Essington perhaps , or at Liverpool River , or he may move the borders of Cook's New South Wales as far west as he likes . There is room , and to spare , on the sandy shores of New Holland . Tamar swings south of the continent to ...
Page 104
... Port Darwin , with a land - line two thousand miles south to Port Augusta , already connected with Adelaide . Was it impossible ? Charles Todd , Government Astronomer , with the philosophic vision of the infinite , denied that word ...
... Port Darwin , with a land - line two thousand miles south to Port Augusta , already connected with Adelaide . Was it impossible ? Charles Todd , Government Astronomer , with the philosophic vision of the infinite , denied that word ...
Page 105
... Port Darwin if the South Australian government will pledge itself to construct and maintain a land - line , to be open for traffic by January 1 , 1872 , connecting that port with the present system of colonial telegraphs . ” Eighteen ...
... Port Darwin if the South Australian government will pledge itself to construct and maintain a land - line , to be open for traffic by January 1 , 1872 , connecting that port with the present system of colonial telegraphs . ” Eighteen ...
Contents
Chapter Page I WINGED VICTORY I | 1 |
LAND OF THE MOONBOW | 17 |
VIKINGS OF THE ARAFURA | 31 |
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