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- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY TOWARDS AND IN AUSTRALIA
- CHAPTER II DISCOVERIES OF THE DUTCH
- CHAPTER III DISCOVERIES OF DAMPIER
- CHAPTER IV DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN COOK IN AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND, FROM 1768 TO 1770
- CHAPTER V VISITS OF CAPTAINS DE SURVILLE, ST. ALOUARN, AND MARION DU FRESNE TO AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND IN 1769 AND 1772
- CHAPTER VI THE VOYAGE OF COOK AND FURNEAUX, JANUARY, 1772 TO 1774, IN WHICH COOK REPEATEDLY VISITED NEW ZEALAND, AND CAPTAIN FURNEAUX VISITED NEW ZEALAND AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
- CHAPTER VII LA PEROUSE, AND THE VOYAGES IN QUEST OF HIM
- CHAPTER VIII DISCOVERIES ON THE COASTS OF AUSTRALIA AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BETWIXT 1788 AND 1795, OR BETWIXT THE PERIODS OF COOK AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER IX THE FOUNDING OF SYDNEY, AND THE CONSEQUENT DISCOVERIES OF BASS'S STRAITS, ETC., BY BASS AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER X THE SURVEY OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN AND NORTHERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA BY CAPTAIN FLINDERS
- CHAPTER XI IMPULSE OF DISCOVERY GIVEN BY THE SETTLEMENT OF SYDNEY
- CHAPTER XII THE SETTLEMENT OF TASMANIA AND SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERIES
- CHAPTER XIII COMMENCEMENT OF PROGRESS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—EVANS'S EXPEDITION.—OXLEY'S TWO EXPEDITIONS
- CHAPTER XIV DISCOVERIES OF THE MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; OF THE PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT, BY HUME AND HOVELL; OF THE PANDORA PASS AND LIVERPOOL PLAINS; AND OF THE BRISBANE RIVER
- CHAPTER XV THE TWO EXPEDITIONS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES STURT INTO THE INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA, FOR TRACING THE COURSES OF THE MACQUARIE AND MURRUMBIDGEE, AND ENDING IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE DARLING AND THE MURRAY IN THE YEARS 1828, 1829, 1830, AND 1831
- CHAPTER XVI SURVEYS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS BY CAPTAINS KING, STOKES, FITZROY, ETC.
- CHAPTER XVII THE THREE EXPEDITIONS OF MAJOR, AFTERWARDS SIR THOMAS, MITCHELL FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER KINDUR, IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FOR ASCERTAINING THE JUNCTION OF THE DARLING WITH THE MURRAY, AND FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP, NOW VICTORIA
- CHAPTER XVIII THE SECOND EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL, BEING TO THE DARLING, IN 1835
- CHAPTER XIX THE THIRD EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL TO THE DARLING AND MURRAY, AND ACROSS AUSTRALIA FELIX, NOW VICTORIA, IN 1836
- CHAPTER XX SETTLEMENT OF PORT PHILLIP BY BATMAN AND HIS ASSOCIATES
- CHAPTER XXI VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN WICKHAM, FITZROY, AND STOKES, IN THE BEAGLE, ROUND THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS, FROM 1837 TO 1843
- CHAPTER XXII DISCOVERIES IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1840, BY LIEUTENANTS GREY AND LUSHINGTON
- CHAPTER XXIII SECOND EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN GREY, NAMELY TO SHARK'S BAY; DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER GASCOYNE
- CHAPTER XXIV THE EXPEDITIONS OF MR. EYRE INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, AND OVERLAND FROM ADELAIDE TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND, IN THE YEARS 1840-1
- CHAPTER XXV OVERLAND JOURNEY TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND
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CHAPTER XVII - THE THREE EXPEDITIONS OF MAJOR, AFTERWARDS SIR THOMAS, MITCHELL FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER KINDUR, IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FOR ASCERTAINING THE JUNCTION OF THE DARLING WITH THE MURRAY, AND FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP, NOW VICTORIA
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- PREFACE
- Contents
- CHAPTER I PROGRESS OF DISCOVERY TOWARDS AND IN AUSTRALIA
- CHAPTER II DISCOVERIES OF THE DUTCH
- CHAPTER III DISCOVERIES OF DAMPIER
- CHAPTER IV DISCOVERIES OF CAPTAIN COOK IN AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND, FROM 1768 TO 1770
- CHAPTER V VISITS OF CAPTAINS DE SURVILLE, ST. ALOUARN, AND MARION DU FRESNE TO AUSTRALIA, VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, AND NEW ZEALAND IN 1769 AND 1772
- CHAPTER VI THE VOYAGE OF COOK AND FURNEAUX, JANUARY, 1772 TO 1774, IN WHICH COOK REPEATEDLY VISITED NEW ZEALAND, AND CAPTAIN FURNEAUX VISITED NEW ZEALAND AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND
- CHAPTER VII LA PEROUSE, AND THE VOYAGES IN QUEST OF HIM
- CHAPTER VIII DISCOVERIES ON THE COASTS OF AUSTRALIA AND VAN DIEMEN'S LAND BETWIXT 1788 AND 1795, OR BETWIXT THE PERIODS OF COOK AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER IX THE FOUNDING OF SYDNEY, AND THE CONSEQUENT DISCOVERIES OF BASS'S STRAITS, ETC., BY BASS AND FLINDERS
- CHAPTER X THE SURVEY OF THE SOUTH-EASTERN AND NORTHERN COASTS OF AUSTRALIA BY CAPTAIN FLINDERS
- CHAPTER XI IMPULSE OF DISCOVERY GIVEN BY THE SETTLEMENT OF SYDNEY
- CHAPTER XII THE SETTLEMENT OF TASMANIA AND SUBSEQUENT DISCOVERIES
- CHAPTER XIII COMMENCEMENT OF PROGRESS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES.—EVANS'S EXPEDITION.—OXLEY'S TWO EXPEDITIONS
- CHAPTER XIV DISCOVERIES OF THE MURRUMBIDGEE RIVER; OF THE PORT PHILLIP DISTRICT, BY HUME AND HOVELL; OF THE PANDORA PASS AND LIVERPOOL PLAINS; AND OF THE BRISBANE RIVER
- CHAPTER XV THE TWO EXPEDITIONS OF CAPTAIN CHARLES STURT INTO THE INTERIOR OF AUSTRALIA, FOR TRACING THE COURSES OF THE MACQUARIE AND MURRUMBIDGEE, AND ENDING IN THE DISCOVERY OF THE DARLING AND THE MURRAY IN THE YEARS 1828, 1829, 1830, AND 1831
- CHAPTER XVI SURVEYS OF THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS BY CAPTAINS KING, STOKES, FITZROY, ETC.
- CHAPTER XVII THE THREE EXPEDITIONS OF MAJOR, AFTERWARDS SIR THOMAS, MITCHELL FOR THE DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER KINDUR, IN EASTERN AUSTRALIA; FOR ASCERTAINING THE JUNCTION OF THE DARLING WITH THE MURRAY, AND FOR THE EXPLORATION OF THE DISTRICT OF PORT PHILLIP, NOW VICTORIA
- CHAPTER XVIII THE SECOND EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL, BEING TO THE DARLING, IN 1835
- CHAPTER XIX THE THIRD EXPEDITION OF MAJOR MITCHELL TO THE DARLING AND MURRAY, AND ACROSS AUSTRALIA FELIX, NOW VICTORIA, IN 1836
- CHAPTER XX SETTLEMENT OF PORT PHILLIP BY BATMAN AND HIS ASSOCIATES
- CHAPTER XXI VOYAGES OF CAPTAIN WICKHAM, FITZROY, AND STOKES, IN THE BEAGLE, ROUND THE AUSTRALIAN COASTS, FROM 1837 TO 1843
- CHAPTER XXII DISCOVERIES IN NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1840, BY LIEUTENANTS GREY AND LUSHINGTON
- CHAPTER XXIII SECOND EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN GREY, NAMELY TO SHARK'S BAY; DISCOVERY OF THE RIVER GASCOYNE
- CHAPTER XXIV THE EXPEDITIONS OF MR. EYRE INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA, AND OVERLAND FROM ADELAIDE TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND, IN THE YEARS 1840-1
- CHAPTER XXV OVERLAND JOURNEY TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND
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Summary
FIRST EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF THE KINDUR
The discoveries of Oxley and Sturt on the Peel and Hastings rivers eastward, and of the general courses of the Lachlan, the Macquarie, the Murrumbidgee, and the Murray, had opened up a vast country, and produced a correspondent sensation in New South Wales, and, to a certain degree, in England. True, the major portion of that country, through which the chief of these rivers ran, was very unpromising, but this only stimulated the desire to ascertain whether better were not beyond. The discovery of the real course of the Murray, into which most of them fell, had dissipated the prevalent notion that the great outlet of Australian waters was to the north-west, and directed attention more fixedly towards those regions where the land was richer and more inviting. To the eastward, on the Peel, the Hastings, the Gwydir, and Dumaresque, parts of which had been seen by Allan Cunningham, and in the south-west on the Murrumbidgee, rich and beautiful country lay, and already eager squatters were spreading their flocks and herds over it, and were still insatiable for fresh and boundless pastures. It was a new Arcadian world opened up, and was arrayed in more charms to the men of wool, mutton and beef, than ever was the ancient Arcadia by the highest art of the old poets.
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- The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New ZealandFrom the Earliest Date to the Present Day, pp. 264 - 277Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011