Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia

Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia PDF

Author: Charles Sturt

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Published: 1833

Total Pages: 324

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Encounters with natives; (1). Down Macquarie River, Darling River - natives starving; Advice on how to treat Aborigines (2). Down Murrumbidgee & Murray Rivers; Physical description of natives, eating habits and taboos, population of Murrumbidgee (approx. l00); Natives in diseased condition; Fish nets across the Murray, types of spears; (2nd. ed. 1834. 2v.)

Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia

Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia PDF

Author: Charles Sturt

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Published: 2007-08-01

Total Pages: 348

ISBN-13: 9781435328280

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Mr. Hume thought they intended an attack, and the horses had taken fright and galloped away. I determined, therefore, to fire at once upon them if they pressed up the bank on which we were posted. Mr. Hume went with me to the crest of it, and we rather angrily beckoned to the foremost of the natives to stop. They mistook our meaning, but laid all their spears in a heap as they came up. We then sat down on the bank and they immediately did the same; nor did they stir until we beckoned to them after the horses had been secured.

Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia, During the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831: With Observations on the Soil, Climate, and Gene

Two Expeditions Into the Interior of Southern Australia, During the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831: With Observations on the Soil, Climate, and Gene PDF

Author: Charles Sturt

Publisher: Palala Press

Published: 2018-02-22

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 9781378550564

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