Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848)
Nonfiction, History, Australia & Oceania, Biography & Memoir
| Author: | Thomas Mitchell | ISBN: | 1230000141309 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue | Publication: | June 12, 2013 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | Thomas Mitchell |
| ISBN: | 1230000141309 |
| Publisher: | VolumesOfValue |
| Publication: | June 12, 2013 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents
CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I. GENERAL MAP
CHAPTER II. MAP OF THE RIVERS BOGAN AND MACQUARIE
CHAPTER III. MAP OF THE RIVERS NARRAN, CULGOA, AND BALONNE TO ST. GEORGE'S BRIDGE, — SHOWING ALSO THE ROUTE HOMEWARD, AS DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER X.
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CHAPTER VIII. Fossils and plants. — A new genus. — LINSCHOTENIA DISCOLOR. — Ascend Mount Faraday. — Valley of the Warregò. — Meet an old native...
CHAPTER IX. Despatches sent forward. — Acquisitions during the delay. — Mr. Kennedy's return and report. — The party crosses the Balonne. — Arrives at the Mooni. — A white woman. — Cattle stations...
CHAPTER X. Instructions to Mr. Kennedy for the survey of the river Victoria. — Of the Aborigines. — Simple conditions of human existence. — Grass, fire, kangaroos, and men. — Case of the aboriginal natives. — My native guides. — Experiment worth trying. — Of the Convicts...
About the Author
Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855)
Surveyor-General of New South Wales
This edition features
• illustrations
• a linked Table of Contents
CONTENTS (abridged list)
CHAPTER I. GENERAL MAP
CHAPTER II. MAP OF THE RIVERS BOGAN AND MACQUARIE
CHAPTER III. MAP OF THE RIVERS NARRAN, CULGOA, AND BALONNE TO ST. GEORGE'S BRIDGE, — SHOWING ALSO THE ROUTE HOMEWARD, AS DESCRIBED IN CHAPTER X.
...
CHAPTER VIII. Fossils and plants. — A new genus. — LINSCHOTENIA DISCOLOR. — Ascend Mount Faraday. — Valley of the Warregò. — Meet an old native...
CHAPTER IX. Despatches sent forward. — Acquisitions during the delay. — Mr. Kennedy's return and report. — The party crosses the Balonne. — Arrives at the Mooni. — A white woman. — Cattle stations...
CHAPTER X. Instructions to Mr. Kennedy for the survey of the river Victoria. — Of the Aborigines. — Simple conditions of human existence. — Grass, fire, kangaroos, and men. — Case of the aboriginal natives. — My native guides. — Experiment worth trying. — Of the Convicts...
About the Author
Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855)
Surveyor-General of New South Wales
