Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia. Charles Sturt

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СКАЧАТЬ REMOVAL TO THE DARLING

       LEAVE THE DARLING

       STATE OF THE RIVER

       OPPRESSIVE HEAT

       VISITED BY NADBUCK

       ARRIVAL AT MOORUNDI.

       CHAPTER II/IV

      REMARKS ON THE SEASON

       DRY STATE OF THE ATMOSPHERE

       THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS

       WINDS IN THE INTERIOR

       DIRECTION OF THE RANGES

       GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS

       NON-EXISTENCE OF ANY CENTRAL CHAIN

       PROBABLE COURSE OF THE STONY DESERT

       WHETHER CONNECTED WITH LAKE TORRENS

       OPINIONS OF CAPTAIN FLINDERS

       NO INFORMATION DERIVED FROM THE NATIVES

       THE NATIVES

       THEIR PERSONAL APPEARANCE

       DISPROPORTION BETWEEN THE SEXES

       THE WOMEN

       CUSTOMS OF THE NATIVES

       THEIR HABITATIONS

       FOOD

       LANGUAGE

       CONCLUSION.

      AN ACCOUNT OF THE SEA COAST AND INTERIOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA;

       WITH OBSERVATIONS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS CONNECTED WITH ITS INTERESTS.

       CHAPTER III/I

      DUTIES OF AN EXPLORER

       GEOGRAPHICAL POSITION OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

       DESCRIPTION OF ITS COAST LINE

       SEA MOUTH OF THE MURRAY

       ENTERED BY MR. PULLEN

       RISK OF THE ATTEMPT

       BEACHING

       ROSETTA HARBOUR

       VICTOR HARBOUR

       NEPEAN BAY

       KANGAROO ISLAND

       KINGSCOTE

       CAPT. LEE'S INSTRUCTIONS FOR PORT ADELAIDE

       PORT ADELAIDE

       REMOVAL TO THE NORTH ARM

       HARBOUR MASTER'S REPORT

       YORKE'S PENINSULA

       PORT LINCOLN

       CAPT. LEE'S INSTRUCTIONS

       BOSTON ISLAND

       BOSTON BAY

       COFFIN'S BAY

       MR. CAMERON SENT ALONG THE COAST

       HIS REPORT

       POSITION OF PORT ADELAIDE.

       CHAPTER III/II

      PLAINS OF ADELAIDE

       BRIDGES OVER THE TORRENS

       SITE OF ADELAIDE

       GOVERNMENT HOUSE BUILDINGS AND CHURCHES

       SCHOOLS

       POLICE

       ROADS

       THE GAWLER

       BAROSSA RANGE

       THE MURRAY BELT

       MOORUNDI

       NATIVES ON THE MURRAY

       DISTANT STOCK STATIONS

       MOUNT GAMBIER DISTRICT

       ITS RICHNESS

       ASCENT TO MOUNT LOFTY

       MOUNT BARKER DISTRICT

       SCENE IN HINDMARSH VALLEY

       PROPORTION OF SOIL IN THE PROVINCE

       PASTORAL AND AGRICULTURAL

       PORT LINCOLN

       CLIMATE OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA

       RANGE OF THE THERMOMETER

       SALUBRITY.

       CHAPTER III/III

      SEASONS

       CAUSE WHY SOUTH AUSTRALIA HAS FINE GRAIN

       EXTENT OF CULTIVATION

       AMOUNT OF STOCK

       THE BURRA-BURRA MINE

       ITS MAGNITUDE

       ABUNDANCE OF MINERALS

       ABSENCE OF COAL

       SMELTING

       ORE

       IMMENSE PROFITS OF THE BURRA-BURRA

       EFFECT OF THE MINES ON THE LABOUR MARKET

       RELUCTANCE OF THE LOWER ORDERS TO EMIGRATE

       DIFFERENCE BETWEEN CANADA AND AUSTRALIA

       THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES

       STATE OF SOCIETY

       THE MIDDLE CLASSES

       THE SQUATTERS

       THE GERMANS

       THE NATIVES

       AUTHOR'S INTERVIEWS WITH THEM

       INSTANCES OF JUST FEELING

       THEIR BAD QUALITIES

       PERSONAL APPEARANCE

       YOUNG SETTLERS ON THE MURRAY

       CONCLUSION.

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