Australia, from Port Macquarie to Moreton Bay. With descriptions of the natives, their manners and customs, the geology, natural productions, fertility, and resources of that region; first explored and surveyed by order of the colonial government / By Clement Hodgkinson.

  • Hodgkinson, Clement.
Date:
1845
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Credit: Australia, from Port Macquarie to Moreton Bay. With descriptions of the natives, their manners and customs, the geology, natural productions, fertility, and resources of that region; first explored and surveyed by order of the colonial government / By Clement Hodgkinson. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Noy. 1844. PREPARING FOR PUBLICATION, BY T. AND W. BOONE, 29, NEW BOND STREET. 33}> iPmmsitftmt OF THE LORDS COMMISSIONERS OF THE ADMIRALTY. NEW LANDS IN AUSTRALIA; DISCOVERIES OF THE VICTORIA, ADELAIDE, ALBERT, AND FITZROY RIVERS, AND EXPEDITIONS INTO THE INTERIOR; WITH AN ACCOUNT OF THE HITHERTO UNKNOWN COASTS SURVEYED DURING THE VOYAGE OF H. M. S. BEAGLE, BETWEEN THE YEARS 1837 AND 1843 : ALSO, A NARRATIVE OF THE VISITS OF H.M.S. BRITOMART, COMMANDER OWEN STANLEY, R.N., F.R.S. TO THE ISLANDS IN THE ARAFURA SEA. BY J, LORT STOKES, COMMANDER, R.N. With Maps, Charts, and numerous Illustrations, 2 vols. 8vo. The BeagD sailed from England early in the year 1837, and returned towards the close of 1843. During that period, besides the ordinary incidents of naval adventure, many circumstances of interest marked the progress of her voyage. Unknown shores and untraversed plains upon the north and north-west coasts of Australia have been added to our geographical knowledge. An inroad into the interior, reaching within 500 miles of the very centre of the great Australian Continent, has been accomplished. The rivers Victoria, Adelaide, Albert, and Fitzroy, have been discovered. Great additions have been made to the several departments of Natural History, of which the various specimens will be classified and described by eminent Naturalists. The north-west coast of Australia has been carefully surveyed ; and Bass Strait, heretofore so justly dreaded by the Masters of ships, may now be navigated with that safety which ought to distinguish the high road