The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Issue 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell The University Press, 1933 - Great Britain |
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... river of large size , abounding in large and very fine fish , takes a westward course " , related Governor Macquarie , concerning the first of these rivers ; 1 and as to the second , Evans himself , in his journal , noted that its flow ...
... river of large size , abounding in large and very fine fish , takes a westward course " , related Governor Macquarie , concerning the first of these rivers ; 1 and as to the second , Evans himself , in his journal , noted that its flow ...
Page 132
... river channels for water , and the native dog , so thin that it could hardly walk , seemed to im- plore some merciful hand to despatch it . " But the deep and water- scored bed of the Darling convinced Sturt that furious torrents , fed ...
... river channels for water , and the native dog , so thin that it could hardly walk , seemed to im- plore some merciful hand to despatch it . " But the deep and water- scored bed of the Darling convinced Sturt that furious torrents , fed ...
Page 133
... river which had been named the Hume when the explorers of 1824 crossed it . But Sturt did not recognise it as the same river , and his name for it has endured . It was applied in honour of the Secretary of State for the Colonies , Sir ...
... river which had been named the Hume when the explorers of 1824 crossed it . But Sturt did not recognise it as the same river , and his name for it has endured . It was applied in honour of the Secretary of State for the Colonies , Sir ...
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