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Central Australia And Overland From Adelaide To King George's Sound In
The Years 1840-1, Volume I., by Edward John Eyre

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Title: Journals Of Expeditions Of Discovery Into Central Australia And
Overland From Adelaide To King George's Sound In The Years 1840-1:
Sent By The Colonists Of South Australia, With The Sanction And Support
Of The Government: Including An Account Of The Manners And Customs Of
The Aborigines And The State Of Their Relations With Europeans. Volume I.

Author: Edward John Eyre

Release Date: October 2, 2004 [EBook #5344]

Language: English

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JOURNALS OF EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA AND OVERLAND
FROM ADELAIDE TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND IN THE YEARS 1840-1: SENT BY THE
COLONISTS OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WITH THE SANCTION AND SUPPORT OF THE
GOVERNMENT: INCLUDING AN ACCOUNT OF THE MANNERS AND CUSTOMS OF THE
ABORIGINES AND THE STATE OF THEIR RELATIONS WITH EUROPEANS.

by EYRE, EDWARD JOHN (1815-1901)

TO LIEUT.-COLONEL GEORGE GAWLER, K.H. M.R.G.S.
UNDER WHOSE AUSPICES, AS GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
THE EXPEDITIONS, DESCRIBED IN THE FOLLOWING PAGES,
WERE UNDERTAKEN, THESE VOLUMES ARE RESPECTFULLY INSCRIBED,
AS A TRIBUTE OF GRATITUDE FOR HIS KINDNESS AND RESPECT FOR HIS VIRTUES,
BY THE AUTHOR.

PREFACE.

In offering to the public an account of Expeditions of Discovery in
Australia, undertaken in the years 1840-1, and completed in July of the
latter year, som