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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: Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia, during the Years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831 2 Volume Set, Volume 2
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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 was
published in 1833. Volume 2 describes how in November 1829 Sturt
left Sydney to trace the Murrumbidgee River, which led him to the
Lachlan, and ultimately the Murray. The ship which was supposed to
be waiting for the party on the south coast had left, and the
explorers were forced to row 900 miles back up river on low
rations, an experience which permanently damaged Sturt's health.
Despite these hardships, Sturt made careful records of the
topography and flora of the region, as well as his encounters with
the local, occasionally hostile, Aboriginal tribes.
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