Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 1
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JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA, DURING THE YEARS 1837, 1838, AND 1839,
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, ETC. ETC.
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA; Late Captain of the Eighty-third Regiment.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
DESCRIBING MANY NEWLY DISCOVERED, IMPORTANT, AND FERTILE DISTRICTS, WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE MORAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITION OF THE ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS, ETC. ETC.
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA; Late Captain of the Eighty-third Regiment.
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOLUME 1.
LONDON: T. AND W. BOONE, 29 NEW BOND STREET.
1841.
LONDON: T. AND W. BOONE, 29 NEW BOND STREET.
1841.
CONTENTS OF VOLUME 1.
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
DEDICATION.
TO THE LORD GLENELG, UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES, AS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, THE EXPEDITIONS RECORDED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES WERE UNDERTAKEN, THESE VOLUMES ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF HIS ASSISTANCE, HIS COUNSELS, AND HIS KINDNESS, IN HIS HIGH PUBLIC STATION, AND WITH A PROFOUND RESPECT FOR HIS PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC VIRTUES.
TO THE LORD GLENELG, UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES, AS PRINCIPAL SECRETARY OF STATE FOR THE COLONIES, THE EXPEDITIONS RECORDED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES WERE UNDERTAKEN, THESE VOLUMES ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, IN GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF HIS ASSISTANCE, HIS COUNSELS, AND HIS KINDNESS, IN HIS HIGH PUBLIC STATION, AND WITH A PROFOUND RESPECT FOR HIS PERSONAL AND DOMESTIC VIRTUES.
PREFACE.
JOURNALS OF EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY.
CHAPTER 1. COMMENCEMENT OF THE EXPEDITION. TENERIFE.
CHAPTER 2. TO BAHIA AND THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE.
CHAPTER 3. FROM THE CAPE OF GOOD HOPE TO HANOVER BAY.
CHAPTER 4. HANOVER BAY.
CHAPTER 5. AT HANOVER BAY.
CHAPTER 6. HANOVER BAY AND ITS VICINITY.
CHAPTER 7. HANOVER BAY AND ITS VICINITY.
CHAPTER 8. TO THE GLENELG RIVER.
CHAPTER 9. TO THE UPPER GLENELG.
CHAPTER 10. RETURN TO HANOVER BAY.
CHAPTER 11. NATURAL HISTORY. CLIMATE. ABORIGINES.
CHAPTER 12. PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY. COMMERCIAL PROSPECTS.
CHAPTER 13. AT SWAN RIVER.
CHAPTER 14. FROM SWAN RIVER TO THE SHORES OF SHARK BAY.
CHAPTER 15. THE GASCOYNE RIVER.
CHAPTER 16. TO KOLAINA AND BACK TO THE GASCOYNE.
CHAPTER 17. FROM THE GASCOYNE TO GANTHEAUME BAY.
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