The Picture of Australia: Exhibiting New Holland, Van Diemen's Land and All the Settlements, from the First at Sydney to the Last at the Swan RiverWhittaker, Treacher, 1829 - Australia |
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abundant animals appearance Australia banks bark barren Bass's Strait birds Botany Bay Breaksea Spit Broken Bay Bruni Island canoe Cape Leeuwin Cape Pillar Cape Van Diemen Cape York Captain Flinders Captain King character chiefly climate Cloudy colonists colony colour considerable coral Derwent Diemen's Land discovery distance east coast eastward elevated eucalyptus extent farther feet fertile fish floods forest ground Gulf of Carpentaria habits Holland hundred miles inhabitants interior islands kangaroo labour latitude Macquarrie Moreton Bay natives nature navigation nearly north coast north-east North-west Cape northward Port Jackson portion probably Rain reefs resemblance ridge rocks sailed sand sandy season seen settlement settlers shore side singular soil South Wales south-east south-west southward spear species Specific gravity specimen surface Swan River Sydney timber tion tree tropical Van Diemen's Land vegetation vessel westward whole Wilson's Promontory wind wood