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- Frontmatter
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- CHAPTER I DR. LEICHHARDT'S EXPEDITION OVERLAND FROM MORETON BAY TO PORT ESSINGTON IN THE YEARS 1844 AND 1845
- CHAPTER II THE EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN STURT INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA IN THE YEARS 1844, 45, AND 46
- CHAPTER III EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIACONTINUED
- CHAPTER IV SIR THOMAS MITCHELL'S FOURTH EXPEDITION, DISCOVERY OF THE BARCOO
- CHAPTER V KENNEDY'S EXPLORATIONS OF THE BARCOO AND OF THE YORK PENINSULA, 1847
- CHAPTER VI THE EXPEDITION OF MR. ROBERT AUSTIN, ASSISTANT SURVEYOR, INTO THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, IN 1854
- CHAPTER VII EXPEDITION FOR THE EXPLORATION OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA IN 1855–6, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. A. C. GREGORY
- CHAPTER VIII THE EXPEDITIONS OF JOHN M'DOUALL STUART, EXTENDING FROM ADELAIDE TO THE NORTH SEA, FROM 1858 TO 1862
- CHAPTER IX THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF VICTORIA IN 1860-1 UNDER THE COMMAND OF MESSRS. BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER X EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF THAT OF MESSRS. BURKE AND WILLS, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. ALFRED WILLIAM HOWITT, 1861-2
- CHAPTER XI THE JOURNEY OF BURKE AND WILLS TO THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA, AND RETURN TO COOPER'S CREEK
- CHAPTER XII THE EXPLORATION EXPEDITION OF MR. McKINLAY IN SEARCH OF BURKE AND WILLS IN 1861 AND 1862
- CHAPTER XIII LANDSBOROUGH'S EXPEDITION FROM THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA IN QUEST OF BURKE AND WILLS, 1861
- CHAPTER XIV MR. FREDERICK WALKER'S EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER XV EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1856–57–58, AND 59
- CHAPTER XVI EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1856–57–58, AND 59, CONTINUED
- CHAPTER XVII AUGUSTUS C. GREGORY'S EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF DR. LEICH HARDT'S REMAINS
- CHAPTER XVIII EXPEDITIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN 1858 AND 1861, BY MR. FRANK T. GREGORY
- CHAPTER XIX EXPEDITION FOR BRINGING DOWN THE REMAINS OF BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER XX CONCLUSION OF DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA
- CHAPTER XXI INCIDENTS OF DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND
- CHAPTER XXII DISCOVERY OF THE INSULARITY OF THE SOUTH ISLAND
- CHAPTER XXIII DISCOVERIES IN THE MIDDLE ISLAND CONTINUED
- CHAPTER XXIV OPENING COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST COAST
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CHAPTER II - THE EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN STURT INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA IN THE YEARS 1844, 45, AND 46
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CHAPTER I DR. LEICHHARDT'S EXPEDITION OVERLAND FROM MORETON BAY TO PORT ESSINGTON IN THE YEARS 1844 AND 1845
- CHAPTER II THE EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN STURT INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA IN THE YEARS 1844, 45, AND 46
- CHAPTER III EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIACONTINUED
- CHAPTER IV SIR THOMAS MITCHELL'S FOURTH EXPEDITION, DISCOVERY OF THE BARCOO
- CHAPTER V KENNEDY'S EXPLORATIONS OF THE BARCOO AND OF THE YORK PENINSULA, 1847
- CHAPTER VI THE EXPEDITION OF MR. ROBERT AUSTIN, ASSISTANT SURVEYOR, INTO THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, IN 1854
- CHAPTER VII EXPEDITION FOR THE EXPLORATION OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA IN 1855–6, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. A. C. GREGORY
- CHAPTER VIII THE EXPEDITIONS OF JOHN M'DOUALL STUART, EXTENDING FROM ADELAIDE TO THE NORTH SEA, FROM 1858 TO 1862
- CHAPTER IX THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF VICTORIA IN 1860-1 UNDER THE COMMAND OF MESSRS. BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER X EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF THAT OF MESSRS. BURKE AND WILLS, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. ALFRED WILLIAM HOWITT, 1861-2
- CHAPTER XI THE JOURNEY OF BURKE AND WILLS TO THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA, AND RETURN TO COOPER'S CREEK
- CHAPTER XII THE EXPLORATION EXPEDITION OF MR. McKINLAY IN SEARCH OF BURKE AND WILLS IN 1861 AND 1862
- CHAPTER XIII LANDSBOROUGH'S EXPEDITION FROM THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA IN QUEST OF BURKE AND WILLS, 1861
- CHAPTER XIV MR. FREDERICK WALKER'S EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER XV EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1856–57–58, AND 59
- CHAPTER XVI EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1856–57–58, AND 59, CONTINUED
- CHAPTER XVII AUGUSTUS C. GREGORY'S EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF DR. LEICH HARDT'S REMAINS
- CHAPTER XVIII EXPEDITIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN 1858 AND 1861, BY MR. FRANK T. GREGORY
- CHAPTER XIX EXPEDITION FOR BRINGING DOWN THE REMAINS OF BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER XX CONCLUSION OF DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA
- CHAPTER XXI INCIDENTS OF DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND
- CHAPTER XXII DISCOVERY OF THE INSULARITY OF THE SOUTH ISLAND
- CHAPTER XXIII DISCOVERIES IN THE MIDDLE ISLAND CONTINUED
- CHAPTER XXIV OPENING COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST COAST
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Summary
Simultaneously with the expedition of Leichhardt, two others were in operation, that of Sir Thomas Mitchell in the north-east of the continent, in which he traced down a considerable river, to which, in an excess of loyalty, he gave the name of Victoria, there being already a Victoria on the western coast, and which eastern river is much better called by its aboriginal name, the Barcoo; and the expedition of Sturt to ascertain the nature of the interior of the continent. Mitchell's discovery lay south-east of Leichhardt's track, and was followed up by the unfortunate Kennedy, who found another river which he named the Thomson falling into it, and traced the united stream, or channel of a stream, S.S.W. into latitude 26° 13′ 9″, longitude 142° 20′, that is, into the immediate vicinity of Cooper's Creek, with which it is, no doubt, connected, Sturt's position of Cooper's Creek being latitude 27° 46′, longitude 141° 51′.
The reason for Captain Sturt again taking the field after sixteen years of quiet domestic life, are detailed by him in the opening of his account of this expedition. He had adopted an opinion that what is now the continent of Australia, had formerly been an archipelago of islands, and that the immense plains into which not only himself, but Oxley, Cunningham, and Mitchell had descended in proceeding towards the centre of the continent had been the sea-beds of the channels which had once separated the islands.
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- The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New ZealandFrom the Earliest Date to the Present Day, pp. 42 - 76Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1865