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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Page 15
... sandy beach ; the ground behind it low , sandy and barren , with oc- casional stunted bushes , and without any fresh water . Hills of considerable elevation are seen at the OF AUSTRALIA . 15.
... sandy beach ; the ground behind it low , sandy and barren , with oc- casional stunted bushes , and without any fresh water . Hills of considerable elevation are seen at the OF AUSTRALIA . 15.
Page 16
... sandy beaches , and elevated points , the latter being composed of soft clay , slate , and in- durated clay , or , when higher , of soft sandstone . There are some openings in the coast , but they are , in consequence of the bars across ...
... sandy beaches , and elevated points , the latter being composed of soft clay , slate , and in- durated clay , or , when higher , of soft sandstone . There are some openings in the coast , but they are , in consequence of the bars across ...
Page 20
... sandy beach , and a lagoon and swamps , which sepa- rate the fertile land to a considerable distance from the sea ; but within about eight miles of Newcastle , the high sandstone cliffs appear again , and , as is the case to the ...
... sandy beach , and a lagoon and swamps , which sepa- rate the fertile land to a considerable distance from the sea ; but within about eight miles of Newcastle , the high sandstone cliffs appear again , and , as is the case to the ...
Page 23
... sandy , broken only by occasional sand hills , and clothed with very little vegetation . Indeed , so far as discovery has yet been prosecuted , there is not much on the whole long line of shore C , from Breaksea Spit to the northern ...
... sandy , broken only by occasional sand hills , and clothed with very little vegetation . Indeed , so far as discovery has yet been prosecuted , there is not much on the whole long line of shore C , from Breaksea Spit to the northern ...
Page 24
... sandy , and barren ; at this spot also the granite rocks ceased to appear . " 99 The great Gulf of Carpentaria to the south - west of North Cape , has a very great extent of sea coast , not less than nine hundred miles , including the ...
... sandy , and barren ; at this spot also the granite rocks ceased to appear . " 99 The great Gulf of Carpentaria to the south - west of North Cape , has a very great extent of sea coast , not less than nine hundred miles , including the ...
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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