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Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia

Charles Sturt (1795–1869)

Journal · first published 1833 · London: Smith, Elder

Sturt's journeys of 1828–31, including the boat voyage down the Murrumbidgee and the Murray to its mouth.

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Contents

  1. TWO EXPEDITIONS
  2. INTO THE INTERIOR OF
  3. SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA
  4. DURING THE YEARS
  5. 1828,1829,1830,1831
  6. WITH OBSERVATIONS
  7. ON
  8. THE SOIL, CLIMATE AND GENERAL RESOURCES
  9. OF THE COLONY OF
  10. NEW SOUTH WALES.
  11. By Capt. CHARLES STURT, 39th Regt.
  12. F.L.S. and F.R.G.S.
  13. “For though most men are contented only to see a river as it runs by them, and talk of the changes in it as they happen;
  14. IN TWO VOLUMES
  15. CONTENTS OF THE FIRST VOLUME
  16. VOLUME I
  17. PRELIMINARY CHAPTER.
  18. EXPEDITION DOWN THE MACQUARIE RIVER, AND INTO THE WESTERN INTERIOR IN 1828 AND 1829.
  19. APPENDIX TO THE FIRST VOLUME.
  20. ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE FIRST VOLUME
  21. CONTENTS OF THE SECOND VOLUME
  22. VOLUME II
  23. EXPEDITION DOWN THE MORUMBIDGEE AND MURRAY RIVERS, IN 1829, 1830 AND 1831.
  24. APPENDIX TO THE SECOND VOLUME.
  25. ILLUSTRATIONS TO THE SECOND VOLUME
  26. TWO EXPEDITIONS
  27. INTO THE INTERIOR OF
  28. SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA
  29. VOLUME I.
  30. Illustration 1
  31. NATIVE BURIAL PLACE NEAR BUDDA.
  32. TO THE RIGHT HON.,
  33. THE EARL OF RIPON,
  34. VISCOUNT GODERICH,
  35. LORD PRIVY SEAL,
  36. &c. &c. &c.
  37. PRELIMINARY CHAPTER
  38. Illustration 2 (Not available)
  39. MAP of AUSTRALIA.
  40. EXPEDITION
  41. DOWN THE BANKS OF THE
  42. MACQUARIE RIVER
  43. In 1828 and 1829.
  44. CHAPTER I.
  45. Illustration 3
  46. CATARACT OF THE MACQUARIE.
  47. Illustration 4
  48. THE ROSE COCKATOO.
  49. CHAPTER II.
  50. Illustration 5
  51. THE CRESTED PIGEON OF THE MARSHES.
  52. CHAPTER III.
  53. CHAPTER IV.
  54. CHAPTER V.
  55. CHAPTER VI.
  56. CONCLUDING REMARKS
  57. APPENDIX
  58. No. I.
  59. LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS.
  60. No. II.
  61. LIST OF STORES SUPPLIED FOR THE EXPEDITION.
  62. No. III.
  63. SHEEP-FARMING RETURNS, SHOWING THE INCREASE IN FOUR YEARS, from two Breeding Flocks, consisting of 670 Ewes in Lamb.
  64. Account of Expenditure and Income upon Sheep Stock in Australia, appended to Returns A. B. C. D. and E.
  65. No. IV.
  66. LIST OF GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS, COLLECTED IN THE DISTANT INTERIOR DURING THE FIRST EXPEDITION, WITH THEIR LOCALITIES AND T
  67. Illustration 6
  68. A SELENITE. CHRYSTALLIZED SULPHATE OF LIME.
  69. No. V.
  70. OFFICIAL REPORTS TO THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT.
  71. GOVERNMENT ORDER
  72. GOVERNMENT ORDER
  73. End of Volume One
  74. TWO EXPEDITIONS
  75. INTO THE INTERIOR OF
  76. SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA
  77. VOLUME II.
  78. Illustration 7
  79. THE OPOSSUM HUNT.
  80. EXPEDITION
  81. DOWN THE
  82. MORUMBIDGEE AND MURRAY RIVERS,
  83. In 1829, 1830 and 1831.
  84. CHAPTER I.
  85. INTRODUCTORY.
  86. CHAPTER II.
  87. CHAPTER III.
  88. Illustration 8
  89. VIEW ON THE MORUMBIDGEE RIVER.
  90. CHAPTER IV.
  91. Illustration 9
  92. JUNCTION OF THE SUPPOSED DARLING WITH THE MURRAY.
  93. CHAPTER V.
  94. CHAPTER VI.
  95. CHAPTER VII.
  96. Illustration 10
  97. PALAEORNIS MELANURA BLACK TAILED PAROQUET.
  98. Illustration 11
  99. 1. POMATORHINUS TEMPORALIS 2. POMATORHINUS SUPERCILIOSUS.
  100. CONCLUDING REMARKS
  101. Illustration 12
  102. CHART of CAPE JERVIS
  103. CHAPTER VIII.
  104. APPENDIX.
  105. No. I.
  106. GEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS FOUND TO THE SOUTH-WEST OF PORT JACKSON.
  107. ROCK FORMATION OF THE COAST RANGE OF ST. VINCENT'S GULF.
  108. Illustration 13
  109. 1. MASS of FOSSILS of the TERTIARY FORMATION. 2. BULLA. Species uncertain 3. CONUS. ditto 4. GENUS. Unknown
  110. Illustration 14
  111. 1 & 2 CHRYSTALLIZED SELENITE. 3 SELENITE.
  112. Illustration 15
  113. FOSSILS of the TERTIARY FORMATION.
  114. No. II.
  115. OFFICIAL REPORT TO THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT.
  116. GOVERNMENT ORDER.
  117. End of Volume Two

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