tailieunhanh - EXPLORATIONS IN AUSTRALIA

It was during your administration of the Government of Western Australia, and chiefly owing to your zeal and support, that most of the work of exploration described in this volume was undertaken and carried out. Your encouragement revived the love of exploration which had almost died out in our colony before you arrived. | EXPLORATIONS IN AUSTRALIA 1. EXPLORATIONS IN SEARCH OF DR. LEICHARDT AND PARTY. 2. FROM PERTH TO ADELAIDE AROUND THE GREAT AUSTRALIAN BIGHT. 3. FROM CHAMPION BAY ACROSS THE DESERT TO THE TELEGRAPH AND TO ADELAIDE. WITH AN APPENDIX ON THE CONDITION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA. BY JOHN FORREST . ILLUSTRATIONS BY . ANGAS. jouir FOUHE8T. London SAMPSON LOW MARSTON LOW SEARLE CROWN BUILDINGS 188 FLEET STREET. 1875. LONDON GILBERT AND RIVINGTON PRINTERS ST JOHN S SQUARE. TO HIS EXCELLENCY FREDERICK ALOYSIUS WELD ESQ. . GOVERNOR OF TASMANIA LATE GOVERNOR AND COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF of WESTERN AUSTRALIA. MY DEAR GOVERNOR WELD It was during your administration of the Government of Western Australia and chiefly owing to your zeal and support that most of the work of exploration described in this volume was undertaken and carried out. Your encouragement revived the love of exploration which had almost died out in our colony before you arrived. With gratitude and pleasure I ask you to accept the dedication of this volume as an expression of my appreciation of your kindness and support. Yours very faithfully JOHN FORREST. CONTENTS. CHAPTER 1. Previous Expeditions into the Interior. Attempts to Discover a Route between South and Western Australia. Eyre s Disastrous Journey. Leichardt the Lost Explorer. The Latest Explorations. CHAPTER 2. FIRST EXPEDITION IN SEARCH OF LEICHARDT. Statements made by the Natives. An Expedition Prepared. Leader Appointed. Official Instructions. The Journal. CHAPTER 3. SECOND EXPEDITION. FROM PERTH TO ADELAIDE ROUND THE GREAT BIGHT. A New Exploration suggested. Proposal to reach Adelaide by way of the South Coast. The experience derived from Eyre s Expedition. Survey of Port Eucla. Official Instructions. The Start. Dempster s Station near Esperance Bay. The Schooner at Port Eucla. Journal of the Expedition. CHAPTER 4. RECEPTION AT ADELAIDE AND RETURN TO PERTH. Departure from Gawler and Arrival at Adelaide. Appearance of the Party. Public Entrance.