The Australian Explorers Their Labours, Perils, and Achievements
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THE
AUSTRALIAN EXPLORERS
THEIR
LABOURS, PERILS, AND ACHIEVEMENTS
BEING A NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY FROM THE LANDING OF CAPTAIN COOK TO THE CENTENNIAL YEAR
BY
BEING A NARRATIVE OF DISCOVERY FROM THE LANDING OF CAPTAIN COOK TO THE CENTENNIAL YEAR
BY
GEORGE GRIMM, M.A.
MINISTER OF ST. PAUL'S, BALMAIN WEST, SYDNEY; AND TUTOR IN APOLOGETICS AND SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY TO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW SOUTH WALES
GEORGE ROBERTSON & COMPANY MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY 1888
MINISTER OF ST. PAUL'S, BALMAIN WEST, SYDNEY; AND TUTOR IN APOLOGETICS AND SYSTEMATIC THEOLOGY TO THE PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH OF NEW SOUTH WALES
GEORGE ROBERTSON & COMPANY MELBOURNE AND SYDNEY 1888
TO THE MEMORY
OF THE LATE
OF THE LATE
JOHN DUNMORE LANG, D.D.
IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE
OF MUCH PLEASANT INTERCOURSE
THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
OF MUCH PLEASANT INTERCOURSE
THIS VOLUME IS AFFECTIONATELY INSCRIBED
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
THE AUSTRALIAN EXPLORERS.
INTRODUCTION: PIONEER NAVIGATORS.
CHAPTER I.
THE PIONEERS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.
THE PIONEERS OF THE BLUE MOUNTAINS.
CHAPTER II.
SURVEYOR EVANS'S DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN AND MACQUARIE RIVERS AND THE BATHURST PLAINS.
SURVEYOR EVANS'S DISCOVERY OF THE LACHLAN AND MACQUARIE RIVERS AND THE BATHURST PLAINS.
CHAPTER III.
OXLEY'S EXPEDITIONS TO THE LACHLAN AND MACQUARIE RIVERS.
I.
II.
OXLEY'S EXPEDITIONS TO THE LACHLAN AND MACQUARIE RIVERS.
I.
II.
CHAPTER IV.
HUME AND HOVELL'S EXPEDITION FROM LAKE GEORGE TO PORT PHILLIP.
HUME AND HOVELL'S EXPEDITION FROM LAKE GEORGE TO PORT PHILLIP.
CHAPTER V.
ALLAN CUNNINGHAM'S EXPLORATIONS.
ALLAN CUNNINGHAM'S EXPLORATIONS.
CHAPTER VI.
CAPTAIN STURT'S THREE EXPEDITIONS.
I.
II.
III.
CAPTAIN STURT'S THREE EXPEDITIONS.
I.
II.
III.
CHAPTER VII.
EYRE'S ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY ALONG THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT.
EYRE'S ADVENTUROUS JOURNEY ALONG THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT.
CHAPTER VIII.
SIR THOMAS MITCHELL'S FOUR EXPEDITIONS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
SIR THOMAS MITCHELL'S FOUR EXPEDITIONS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
CHAPTER IX.
KENNEDY'S DISASTROUS EXPEDITION TO CAPE YORK.
KENNEDY'S DISASTROUS EXPEDITION TO CAPE YORK.
CHAPTER X.
LEICHHARDT'S EXPEDITIONS TO PORT ESSINGTON AND INTO THE INTERIOR.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
LEICHHARDT'S EXPEDITIONS TO PORT ESSINGTON AND INTO THE INTERIOR.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
CHAPTER XI.
MR. A. C. GREGORY'S EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH-WEST INTERIOR.
MR. A. C. GREGORY'S EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH-WEST INTERIOR.
CHAPTER XII.
BURKE AND WILLS'S EXPEDITION ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT.
BURKE AND WILLS'S EXPEDITION ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT.
CHAPTER XIII.
SEARCH EXPEDITIONS IN QUEST OF BURKE AND WILLS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
SEARCH EXPEDITIONS IN QUEST OF BURKE AND WILLS.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
CHAPTER XIV.
JOHN M'DOUALL STUART'S EXPEDITIONS IN THE SOUTH, TO THE CENTRE, AND ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
JOHN M'DOUALL STUART'S EXPEDITIONS IN THE SOUTH, TO THE CENTRE, AND ACROSS THE CONTINENT.
I.
II.
III.
IV.
CHAPTER XV.
COLONEL WARBURTON'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR.
COLONEL WARBURTON'S JOURNEY ACROSS THE WESTERN INTERIOR.
CHAPTER XVI.
THE HON. JOHN FORREST'S EXPLORATIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
I.
II.
III.
THE HON. JOHN FORREST'S EXPLORATIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
I.
II.
III.
CHAPTER XVII.
MR. ERNEST GILE'S EXPLORATIONS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
I.
II.
III.
MR. ERNEST GILE'S EXPLORATIONS IN CENTRAL AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
I.
II.
III.
CHAPTER XVIII.
OTHER EXPLORERS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—CONCLUSION.
OTHER EXPLORERS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.—CONCLUSION.
INDEX.
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