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Title: Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia from Moreton
Bay to Port Essington ... during the years 1844-45. (Detailed map
of L. Leichhardt's route ... laid down from his original map ... by
J. Arrowsmith.).Publisher: British Library, Historical Print
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British Library Leichhardt, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig; 1847. 8 .
1430.h.5.
I observed on the ridges an Acacia, a small tree, from thirty to
forty feet high, and from six to nine inches in diameter, and
easily distinguished by its peculiar rough frizzled bark, similar
to that of the Casuarina found at the ranges of the Robinson. It
has a dark sweet-scented heartwood, like that of the Bricklow and
the Myal and other Acacias, which I had previously met with. The
creek turned to the north and north-east, into a plain, and joined
a larger creek which came in from the right at about south-west.
Near their junction, a very conspicuous peak was observed, with
several small water-holes with water at its foot. I then returned
to the spot to which Charley had been ordered to conduct the camp;
but, as the party had not arrived, I feared that some accident
might have happened, and therefore rode towards the water-holes
from which Brown had gone back to the camp. I found the detention
caused by the absence of the horses, which had strayed to the other
side of the range.
I observed on the ridges an Acacia, a small tree, from thirty to
forty feet high, and from six to nine inches in diameter, and
easily distinguished by its peculiar rough frizzled bark, similar
to that of the Casuarina found at the ranges of the Robinson. It
has a dark sweet-scented heartwood, like that of the Bricklow and
the Myal and other Acacias, which I had previously met with. The
creek turned to the north and north-east, into a plain, and joined
a larger creek which came in from the right at about south-west.
Near their junction, a very conspicuous peak was observed, with
several small water-holes with water at its foot. I then returned
to the spot to which Charley had been ordered to conduct the camp;
but, as the party had not arrived, I feared that some accident
might have happened, and therefore rode towards the water-holes
from which Brown had gone back to the camp. I found the detention
caused by the absence of the horses, which had strayed to the other
side of the range.
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quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in
an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the
digitization process. Though we have made best efforts - the books
may have occasional errors that do not impede the reading
experience. We believe this work is culturally important and have
elected to bring the book back into print as part of our continuing
commitment to the preservation of printed works worldwide.
I observed on the ridges an Acacia, a small tree, from thirty to
forty feet high, and from six to nine inches in diameter, and
easily distinguished by its peculiar rough frizzled bark, similar
to that of the Casuarina found at the ranges of the Robinson. It
has a dark sweet-scented heartwood, like that of the Bricklow and
the Myal and other Acacias, which I had previously met with. The
creek turned to the north and north-east, into a plain, and joined
a larger creek which came in from the right at about south-west.
Near their junction, a very conspicuous peak was observed, with
several small water-holes with water at its foot. I then returned
to the spot to which Charley had been ordered to conduct the camp;
but, as the party had not arrived, I feared that some accident
might have happened, and therefore rode towards the water-holes
from which Brown had gone back to the camp. I found the detention
caused by the absence of the horses, which had strayed to the other
side of the range.
Published in 1847, this is a fascinating account by the Prussian
explorer Ludwig Leichhardt of his 3,000-mile expedition from north
to south across Australia, from 1844 to 1846. One of the most
authoritative early recorders of Australia's environment,
Leichhardt was also the best trained naturalist to explore
Australia during this time. The expedition departed on 1 October
1844 from Jimbour, the farthest outpost of settlement on the
Queensland Darling Downs. Leichhhardt describes in detail the
difficulties his party encountered from the very start, the extreme
weather conditions they battled, the kindness of the people they
met and his close observations of the habits of the aborigines. He
also presents detailed analysis of his findings of natural
phenomena. After travelling nearly 3,000 miles, Leichhardt arrived
in Sydney on 25 March 1846 to a hero's welcome. Engaging and
historically revealing, the volume will capture the imagination of
the modern reader.
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