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Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, during the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831 - With Observations on the Soil, Climate, and General Resources of the Colony of New South Wales (Paperback)
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Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, during the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831 - With Observations on the Soil, Climate, and General Resources of the Colony of New South Wales (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania, Volume 1
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Charles Sturt (1795-1869) was a British soldier, sent to New South
Wales in charge of convicts in 1826. In 1827 Governor Darling
appointed him to lead the first of two expeditions into the
interior, in search of pastoral land for settlement and a navigable
river system. Sturt's two-volume account of his journeys, published
in 1833, begins with a description of the colony. Volume 1 focuses
on the expedition of 1828-9, when Sturt and a small party travelled
on horseback down the Macquarie River until it turned into marshes.
Skirting the unhealthy swamps, they eventually discovered and named
the Darling River, but were forced to turn back due to drought and
a lack of fresh water, as the Darling was salt. Sturt describes the
topgraphy, vegetation and wildlife, as well as his encounters with
groups of Aborigines concerned for the party's welfare despite
their own harsh living conditions.
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