Our Sunburnt Country: An Illustrated History of AustraliaIncludes general chapter on the history, life-style and customs of the Aborigines. |
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... sailed too far . At last they found there was no danger of this happening , and brave sailors set out to explore the world . They were looking for treasures , rich cargoes , adventure and new lands . The first nation to begin exploring ...
... sailed too far . At last they found there was no danger of this happening , and brave sailors set out to explore the world . They were looking for treasures , rich cargoes , adventure and new lands . The first nation to begin exploring ...
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... sailed from Java to the part of Australia now called the Gulf of Carpentaria . In 1606 he made a landing , but he soon decided to leave . The natives , he said , were " wild , cruel , black savages " and the land seemed to him to be ...
... sailed from Java to the part of Australia now called the Gulf of Carpentaria . In 1606 he made a landing , but he soon decided to leave . The natives , he said , were " wild , cruel , black savages " and the land seemed to him to be ...
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... sailed about twenty miles south of Botany Bay , and there dis- covered a seam of coal , six or seven feet thick , which came right through to show in the face of the cliff . Bass called the place Coal- cliff and took three bags of the ...
... sailed about twenty miles south of Botany Bay , and there dis- covered a seam of coal , six or seven feet thick , which came right through to show in the face of the cliff . Bass called the place Coal- cliff and took three bags of the ...
Contents
Chapter OneThe Land of the Dreamtime | 9 |
Chapter TwoNew Visitors to an Old Land | 21 |
Chapter ThreeThey Cameand Stayed | 38 |
Copyright | |
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able Aborigines Advance Australia Fair adventure Anzacs Australia banks Bass and Flinders Bathurst became began Blaxland Bligh Botany Bay Brisbane British called Cape carried climb coaches coastline Cobb and Co colony convicts Cook corroboree Cove Dampier Darling decided diggers discovered discovery Dividing Range drays eastern coast enemy England Evans excited explorers finally George Bass gold Government Governor Hamilton Hume harbour Hargraves Holland Hope Hovell Hume important industry Japanese journey knew Lachlan land licence live Liverpool Plains Macquarie Matthew Flinders miles miners Mort mountains Murray Murrumbidgee named natives Ocean once Oxley Pamphlett party Phillip plans Port Jackson Port Kembla problem rich river sailed sailors sent settlement ship shores soldiers soon South Wales Southern Cross Spice Islands story stream Sturt sunburnt country Sydney Tasman Tasmania Today Tom Thumb trees Victoria voyage Wattamolla western Western Australia wonderful wool Yarra