Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia Performed Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, During the Years 1844, 5, and 6, Together With A Notice of the Province of South Australia in 1847

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...

TOONDA'S TRIBE--DISPOSITION OF THE NATIVES--ARRIVAL OF CAMBOLI--HIS ENERGY OF CHARACTER--MR. POOLE'S RETURN--LEAVE THE DARLING--REMARKS ON THAT RIVER--CAWNDILLA--THE OLD BOOCOLO...

PREPARATIONS FOR DEPARTURE--ARRIVAL AT MOORUNDI--NATIVE GUIDES--NAMES OF THE PARTY--SIR JOHN BARROW'S MINUTE--REPORTS OF LAIDLEY'S PONDS--CLIMATE OF THE MURRAY--PROGRESS UP THE...

NATIVE WOMEN--SUDDEN SQUALL--JOURNEY TO THE EASTWARD--VIEW FROM MOUNT LYELL--INCREASED TEMPERATURE--MR. POOLE'S RETURN--HIS REPORT--LEAVE FLOOD'S CREEK--ENTANGLED IN THE PINE FO...

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--MOOR...

REFLECTIONS ON OUR DIFFICULTIES--COMMENCE THE RETREAT--EYRE'S CREEK--PASS THE NATIVE WELL--RECROSS THE STONY DESERT--FIND ANOTHER WELL WITHOUT WATER--NATIVES--SUCCESSFUL FISHING...

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--RO...

THE HORSES--ASCEND THE HILLS--IRRESOLUTION AND RETREAT--HORSES REDUCED TO GREAT WANT--UNEXPECTED RELIEF--TRY THE DESERT TO THE N.E.--FIND WATER IN OUR LAST WELL--REACH THE CREEK...

MR. BROWNE'S RETURN--HIS ACCOUNT OF THE COUNTRY--CHANGE OF SCENE--CONTINUED RAIN--TOONDA JOINS THE PARTY--STORY OF THE MASSACRE--LEAVE LAKE VICTORIA--ACCIDENT TO FLOOD--TURN NOR...

Mr. Browne had well nigh captured a jerboa, which sprang from under my horse's legs, but managed to elude him, and popped into a little hole before he could approach sufficientl...

CONTINUED DROUGHT--TERRIFIC EFFECT OF HOT WIND--THERMOMETER BURSTS--DEATH OF POOR BAWLEY--FIND THE STOCKADE DESERTED--LEAVE FORT GREY FOR THE DEPOT--DIFFERENCE OF SEASONS--MIGRA...

FLOOD'S QUICK SIGHT--FOREST FULL OF BIRDS--NATIVE WELL--BIRDS COLLECT TO DRINK--DANGEROUS PLAIN--FLOOD'S HORSE LOST--SCARCITY OF WATER--TURN NORTHWARD--DISCOVER A LARGE CREEK--B...

LEAVE THE DEPOT FOR THE NORTH-WEST--SCARCITY OF WATER--FOSSIL LIMESTONE--ARRIVE AT THE FIRST CREEK--EXTENSIVE PLAINS--SUCCESSION OF CREEKS--FLOODED CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY--PON...

CHARACTER OF THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT--OF ITS RIVERS--PECULIARITY OF THE DARLING--SUDDEN FLOODS TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECT--CHARACTER OF THE MURRAY --ITS PERIODICAL RISE--BOUNTY OF...

THE DEPOT--FURTHER PROGRESS CHECKED--CHARACTER OF THE RANGES--JOURNEY TO THE NORTH-EAST--RETURN--JOURNEY TO THE WEST--RETURN--AGAIN PROCEED TO THE NORTH--INTERVIEW WITH NATIVES-...

MIGRATION OF THE BIRDS--JOURNEY TO THE EASTWARD--FLOODED PLAINS--NATIVE FAMILY--PROCEED SOUTH, BUT FIND NO WATER--AGAIN TURN EASTWARD--STERILE COUNTRY--SALT LAGOON--DISTANT HILL...

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 CE...

This last species might be separated from Eremophila; it is not however referable to Stenochilus, with some of whose species it nearly agrees in corolla, but from all of which i...

The prominent part I have taken in the furtherance of Geographical Discovery on the Australian continent, and the attention, it will naturally be supposed, I have paid to the su...

BIRDS COLLECT TO DRINK--DANGEROUS PLAIN--FLOOD'S HORSE LOST--SCARCITY OF WATER--TURN NORTHWARD--DISCOVER A LARGE CREEK--BRIGHT PROSPECTS--SUDDEN DISAPPOINTMENT--SALT LAGOON-- SC...

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...

PLAINS--NATIVE FAMILY--PROCEED SOUTH, BUT FIND NO WATER-- AGAIN TURN EASTWARD--STERILE COUNTRY--SALT LAGOON--DISTANT HILLS TO THE EAST--RETURN TO THE CAMP--INTENSE HEAT--OFFICER...

FROM MOUNT LYELL--INCREASED TEMPERATURE--MR. POOLE'S RETURN-- HIS REPORT--LEAVE FLOOD'S CREEK--ENTANGLED IN THE PINE FOREST--DRIVE THE CATTLE TO WATER--EXTRICATE THE PARTY--STAT...

PECULIARITY OF THE DARLING--SUDDEN FLOODS TO WHICH IT IS SUBJECT--CHARACTER OF THE MURRAY--ITS PERIODICAL RISE--BOUNTY OF PROVIDENCE--GEOLOGICAL POSITION OF THE TWO RIVERS-- OBS...

HORSES REDUCED TO GREAT WANT--UNEXPECTED RELIEF--TRY THE DESERT TO THE N.E.--FIND WATER IN OUR LAST WELL--REACH THE CREEK--PROCEED TO THE EASTWARD--PLAGUE OF FLIES AND ANTS-- SU...

BURSTS--DEATH OF POOR BAWLEY--FIND THE STOCKADE DESERTED-- LEAVE FORT GREY FOR THE DEPOT--DIFFERENCE OF SEASONS-- MIGRATION OF BIRDS--HOT WINDS--EMBARRASSING POSITION-- MR. BROW...

THERMOMETRICAL OBSERVATIONS--WINDS IN THE INTERIOR--DIRECTION OF THE RANGES--GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS--NON-EXISTENCE OF ANY CENTRAL CHAIN--PROBABLE COURSE OF THE STONY DESERT--WH...

CREEK--PASS THE NATIVE WELL--RECROSS THE STONY DESERT--FIND ANOTHER WELL WITHOUT WATER--NATIVES--SUCCESSFUL FISHING-- VALUE OF SHEEP--DECIDE ON A RETREAT--PROPOSE THAT MR. BROWN...

CAMBOLI--HIS ENERGY OF CHARACTER--MR. POOLE'S RETURN--LEAVE THE DARLING--REMARKS ON THAT RIVER--CAWNDILLA--THE OLD BOOCOLO--LEAVE THE CAMP FOR THE HILLS--REACH A CREEK--WELLS--...

RANGES--JOURNEY TO THE NORTH-EAST--RETURN--JOURNEY TO THE WEST--RETURN--AGAIN PROCEED TO THE NORTH--INTERVIEW WITH NATIVES--ARRIVE AT THE FARTHEST WATER--THE PARTY SEPARATES-- P...

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...

LIMESTONE--ARRIVE AT THE FIRST CREEK--EXTENSIVE PLAINS-- SUCCESSION OF CREEKS--FLOODED CHARACTER OF THE COUNTRY--POND WITH FISH--STERILE COUNTRY--GRASSY PLAINS--INTREPID NATIVE-...

GUIDES--NAMES OF THE PARTY--SIR JOHN BARROW'S MINUTE--REPORTS OF LAIDLEY'S PONDS--CLIMATE OF THE MURRAY--PROGRESS UP THE RIVER--ARRIVAL AT LAKE BONNEY--GRASSY PLAINS--CAMBOLI'S...

ADELAIDE--GOVERNMENT HOUSE BUILDINGS AND CHURCHES--SCHOOLS-- POLICE--ROADS--THE GAWLER--BAROSSA RANGE--THE MURRAY BELT-- MOORUNDI--NATIVES ON THE MURRAY--DISTANT STOCK STATIONS-...

SCENE--CONTINUED RAIN--TOONDA JOINS THE PARTY--STORY OF THE MASSACRE--LEAVE LAKE VICTORIA--ACCIDENT TO FLOOD--TURN NORTHWARDS--CROSS TO THE DARLING--MEET NATIVES--TOONDA'S HAUGH...