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Journals of Two Expeditions into the Interior of New South Wales

John Oxley (1784–1828)

Journal · first published 1820 · London: John Murray

The Surveyor-General's journals of 1817 and 1818, following the Lachlan and Macquarie rivers west and north.

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About 94,483 words · roughly 6.6 hours of reading (medium) · 11 sections online · In: Explorers and journals

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Contents

  1. JOURNALS OF TWO EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR OF NEW SOUTH WALES, BY ORDER OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IN THE YEARS 1817-1
  2. CONTENTS
  3. PART I
  4. LIST OF PLATES LIST OF CHARTS INRODUCTION JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIA PART I.
  5. PART II
  6. TO HIS EXCELLENCY LACHLAN MACQUARIE, ESQ. MAJOR GENERAL IN THE ARMY, AND CAPTAIN GENERAL AND GOVERNOR IN CHIEF IN AND OV
  7. INTRODUCTION.
  8. AUSTRALIAN. ENGLISH.
  9. JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIA
  10. PART II
  11. THIS JOURNAL IS MOST RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED, BY HIS VERY FAITHFUL AND OBLIGED HUMBLE SERVANT, THE AUTHOR.
  12. PREFACE.
  13. JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION IN AUSTRALIA—PART II.
  14. APPENDIX
  15. PART I.
  16. INSTRUCTIONS FOR JOIN OXLEY, ESQ., SURVEYOR GENERAL OF LANDS.
  17. —A.—
  18. COPY OF INSTRUCTIONS FROM THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE SECRETARY OF STATE.
  19. LIST OF THE NAMES AND DESIGNATIONS OF THE SEVERAL PERSONS PROCEEDING ON THE EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY, UNDER THE COMMAND O
  20. APPENDIX.
  21. PART II.
  22. DIARY OF MR. EVANS, DEPUTY SURVEYOR GENERAL, FROM THE 8TH, TO THE 18TH OF JULY 1818.
  23. GOVERNMENT, AND GENERAL ORDERS.
  24. CIVIL DEPARTMENT.
  25. GOVERNMENT AND GENERAL ORDERS.
  26. A BRIEF ABSTRACT OF THE GENERAL POPULATION OF NEW SOUTH WALES, NOT INCLUDING VAN DIEMEN'S LAND, FOR THE YEARS 1815, 1816
  27. A STATEMENT OF THE LAND IN CULTIVATION ETC., QUANTITIES OF STOCK, ETC., IN NEW SOUTH WALES, NOT INCLUDING VAN DIEMENS LA

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