The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell Macmillan, 1929 - Great Britain |
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These rivers , then , did not find their way to the sea on the east coast . The tilt of the watershed was towards the ... He executed a flank movement by following another branch of the river , but that also led him to a swamp .
These rivers , then , did not find their way to the sea on the east coast . The tilt of the watershed was towards the ... He executed a flank movement by following another branch of the river , but that also led him to a swamp .
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The emus with outstretched necks , gasping with thirst , in vain searched the river channels for water , and the native dog , so thin that it could hardly walk , seemed to implore some merciful hand to despatch it .
The emus with outstretched necks , gasping with thirst , in vain searched the river channels for water , and the native dog , so thin that it could hardly walk , seemed to implore some merciful hand to despatch it .
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It was the 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 ...
It was the 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 ...
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| Title | The Cambridge History of the British Empire, Volume 7, Part 1 The Cambridge History of the British Empire, John Holland Rose |
| Editors | John Holland Rose, Arthur Percival Newton, Ernest Alfred Benians, Henry Dodwell |
| Publisher | Macmillan, 1929 |
| Original from | Indiana University |
| Digitized | 5 Aug 2010 |
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