The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888

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The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 is available in the Project Gutenberg source edition credited to Ernest Favenc. Catalog subjects include Australia -- Discovery and exploration. This edition retains the source text, including any introductory material and notes.

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English

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Public domain

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Project Gutenberg ebook #7163

Table of contents

42 chapters

1. 01PREFACE.3 min
2. 02PART I LAND EXPLORATION Chapter I [1788-1803]6 min
3. 03Chapter X [to 1863]3 min
4. 04PART II MARITIME EXPLORATION2 min
5. 05Chapter XVII The French Expedition—Buonaparte's lavish outfitting—Baudin in the Géographe—Coast casualties—Sterile and barren appearance—Privations of the crew—Sails for Timor—Hamelin in the Naturaliste—Explores North-Western coast—Swan River—Isle of Rottnest—Joins her consort at Coepang—Sails for Van Dieman's Land—Examination of the South-East coast of Australia—Flinders' prior visit ignored—French names substituted—Discontent among crew—Baudin's unpopularity—Bad food—Port Jackson—Captain King's Voyages—Adventures in the Mermaid—An extensive commission—Allan Cunningham, botanist—Search at Seal Islands for memorial of Flinders' visit—Seed sowing—Jeopardy to voyage—Giant anthills—An aboriginal Stoic—Cape Arnhem and west coast exploration—Macquarie Strait—Audacity of natives—Botanical results satisfactory—Malay Fleet—Raffles Bay—Port Essington—Attack by natives—Cape Van Dieman—Malay Teachings—Timor and its Rajah—Return to Port—Second Voyage—Mermaid and Lady Nelson—East Coast—Cleveland Bay—Cocoa-nuts and pumice stones—Endeavour River—Thieving natives—Geological formation of adjacent country—Remarkable coincidences—Across Gulf of Carpentaria—Inland excursion—Cambridge Gulf—Ophthalmia amongst crew—Mermaid returns to port.2 min
6. 06APPENDIX2 min
7. 07INTRODUCTION34 min
8. 08PART II.14 min
9. 09PART I.21 min
10. 10CHAPTER II.20 min
11. 11CHAPTER III.34 min
12. 12CHAPTER IV.32 min
13. 13CHAPTER V.17 min
14. 14CHAPTER VI.37 min
15. 15CHAPTER VII.42 min
16. 16CHAPTER VIII.7 min
17. 17CHAPTER IX.30 min
18. 18CHAPTER X.30 min
19. 19CHAPTER XI.21 min
20. 20CHAPTER XII.28 min
21. 21CHAPTER XIII.21 min
22. 22CHAPTER XIV.23 min
23. 23PART II. MARITIME DISCOVERIES.31 min
24. 24CHAPTER XVI.12 min
25. 25"TO THE STRAIT WHICH HAD BEEN THE GREAT OBJECT OF RESEARCH, AND WHOSE DISCOVERY WAS NOW COMPLETED, GOVERNOR HUNTER GAVE, AT MY RECOMMENDATION, THE NAME OF 'BASS'S STRAITS.' THIS WAS NO MORE THAN A JUST TRIBUTE TO MY WORTHY FRIEND AND COMPANION FOR THE EXTREME DANGERS AND FATIGUES HE HAD UNDERGONE IN FIRST ENTERING IT IN THE WHALE BOAT, AND TO THE CORRECT JUDGMENT HE HAD FORMED, FROM VARIOUS INDICATIONS, OF THE EXISTENCE OF A WIDE OPENING BETWEEN VAN DIEMAN'S LAND AND NEW SOUTH WALES."10 min
26. 26"IN THE OLD DUTCH CHARTS, CAPE VANDERLIN IS REPRESENTED TO BE A GREAT PROJECTION FROM THE MAINLAND, AND THE OUTER ENDS OF NORTH AND WEST ISLANDS TO BE SMALLER POINTS OF IT. THERE ARE TWO INDENTS OR BIGHTS MARKED BETWEEN THE POINTS WHICH MAY CORRESPOND TO THE OPENING BETWEEN THE ISLANDS, BUT I FIND A DIFFICULTY IN POINTING OUT WHICH ARE TILE FOUR SMALL ISLES LAID DOWN ON THE WEST OF CAPE VANDERLIN; NEITHER DOES THE LINE OF THE COAST, WHICH IS NEARLY W.S.W. IN THE OLD CHART, CORRESPOND WITH THAT OF THE OUTER ENDS OF THE ISLANDS, AND YET THERE IS ENOUGH OF SIMILITUDE IN THE WHOLE TO SHOW THE IDENTITY. WHETHER ANY CHANGES HAVE TAKEN PLACE IN THESE SHORES, AND MADE ISLANDS OF WHAT WERE PARTS OF THE MAINLAND A CENTURY AND A HALF BEFORE—OR WHETHER THE DUTCH DISCOVERER MADE A DISTANT AND CURSORY EXAMINATION, AND BROUGHT CONJECTURE TO AID HIM IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF A CHART, AS WAS TOO MUCH THE PRACTICE OF THAT TIME-IT IS NOT NOW POSSIBLE TO ASCERTAIN, BUT I CONCEIVE THAT THE GREAT ALTERATION PRODUCED IN THE GEOGRAPHY OF THESE PARTS BY OUR SURVEY, GIVES AUTHORITY TO APPLY A NAME WHICH, WITHOUT PREJUDICE TO THE ORIGINAL ONE, SHOULD MARK THE NATION BY WHICH THE SURVEY WAS MADE. I HAVE CALLED THE CLUSTER OF ISLANDS SIR EDWARD PELLEW GROUP."4 min
27. 27CHAPTER XVII.34 min
28. 28CHAPTER XVIII.24 min
29. 29CHAPTER XIX.24 min
30. 30CHAPTER XX.23 min
31. 31APPENDIX.8 min
32. 32CAVE DRAWINGS.4 min
33. 33SMITH, A LAD OF EIGHTEEN, FOUND DEAD, MAY 8TH, 1839.2 min
34. 34EYRE'S LETTERS.4 min
35. 35EXTRACT OF LETTER FROM MAJOR MITCHELL.2 min
36. 36EXTRACT OF A LETTER OF MR. WALTER BAGOT.2 min
37. 37THE LAST LETTER RECEIVED FROM DR. LEICHHARDT.2 min
38. 38THE NARDOO PLANT.2 min
39. 39THE FINDING OF JOHN KING.14 min
40. 40POISON PLANTS.2 min
41. 41INDEX OF NAMES, DATES, AND INCIDENTS41 min
42. 42CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY.14 min