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In 1860, Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills traveled with 19 men — and a lot of camels and rum — about 2,000 miles from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Big, Incredible Journeys in an Incredibly Big Country 2023-06-02T04:00:00Z
A pattern quickly emerged—about every 18 to 19 years, mangrove tree cover along the Gulf of Carpentaria thinned out significantly before bouncing back to normal within a couple of years. How the Moon Devastated a Mangrove Forest 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z
During the wet season, the Gulf of Carpentaria in tropical north Queensland holds a myriad of winding rivers, estuaries, creeks and streams that create one of nature's intricate vivid landscapes. The Nature Conservancy announces 2021 photo contest winners 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z
The deluge is being driven by a slow moving tropical low sitting over the waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria, which is also bringing wild weather to that region. Heatwave to bring 45C days to NSW and Victoria with torrential rain for Queensland 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z
The hotspots include the Gulf of Carpentaria in Australia and Hawaii in the Pacific. Deadly 'ghost gear' haunts seas and coastlines 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z
Cyclone Trevor crossed the Gulf of Carpentaria coast as a Category 4 storm at 9:50 a.m. in the far east of the Northern Territory. World Digest: March 23, 2019 2019-03-23T04:00:00Z
This effect is especially strong in the Gulf of Carpentaria; its low tides can drop by an average of 40 centimeters because of its location relative to the equator and the shape of Australia’s coastline. How the Moon Devastated a Mangrove Forest 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z
A severe impact on the southwestern Gulf of Carpentaria coast is likely over the weekend. Twin cyclones force largest evacuation since Cyclone Tracey in 1974 2019-03-22T04:00:00Z
In Australia, they occur all over the country, including places such as Moreton Bay in Queensland and along the Gulf of Carpentaria. Vital ecosystems in tidal flats lost to development and rising sea levels 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z
Cyclone Owen, a category three storm in the Gulf of Carpentaria, is predicted to hit Queensland’s far north over the weekend. Australian rail workers postpone coal haulage strikes as cyclone looms 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z
Forecasters predict the cyclone will travel from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Queensland's east coast, bringing destructive winds inland for hundreds of kilometres. Queensland braced for powerful cyclone 2018-12-14T05:00:00Z
The mystery emerged in 2015, when nearly 10 percent of the seemingly healthy mangrove forest along northern Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria suddenly died. How the Moon Devastated a Mangrove Forest 2022-12-01T05:00:00Z
In Arnhem Land along the Gulf of Carpentaria, they are the heirs and stewards of 3,300 square miles of land and sea. Preserving a Culture by Protecting the Environment 2018-10-19T04:00:00Z
In northern Australia's remote Gulf of Carpentaria, more than 18,200 acres of mangrove vegetation died during the last El Niño due to a convergence of severe drought and unprecedented high temperatures. El Niño Might Speed Up Climate Change 2017-12-01T05:00:00Z
Nathan crossed the eastern Australia coast on Friday before weakening over land, only to regain much of its punch as it crossed over the tropical waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria in the Northern Territory. Cyclone crosses remote Australian coast near evacuated island 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z
One of the spots where hopping mice are found is on a large island in Australia’s Gulf of Carpentaria called Groote Eylandt, which is owned by and home to the indigenous Anindilyakwa people.  Endangered Hopping Rodent Captured on Camera for First Time 2015-03-16T04:00:00Z
Albany Canyons and Rowley Shoals off Western Australia and the Gulf of Carpentaria are two other areas of particular concern that are not covered under the plan, he said. Australia Plans World's Largest Marine Reserve 2012-06-14T16:41:05Z
It "marks the position of the ancient Cretaceous sea which connected the Gulf of Carpentaria with the Great Australian Bight," and "divided the continent into two islands." Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z
The same year a Dutch vessel coasted about the Gulf of Carpentaria, and it is to the persistent efforts of the navigators of Holland that the Australian coasts became well explored. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 1 2012-04-03T02:00:38.807Z
If you referred to the inland portion, you would speak of the 'far north;' and again, if you meant the Port Darwin—Gulf of Carpentaria country—you would use the term 'Northern Territory.' Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z
One of the largest and most important rivers flowing into the Gulf of Carpentaria has been named after him “The Flinders.” Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z
We stopped at one or two coast towns and passed through the very pretty Albany Passage to the Gulf of Carpentaria, across which we had a perfectly smooth passage. Fifty-One Years of Victorian Life 2012-01-15T03:00:15.917Z
In 1860 the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition left Melbourne, and reached the Gulf of Carpentaria, but their return journey resulted in the death of Burke, Wills, and Gray. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z
On February 11, 1861, he reached a point only a few miles from the shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and thus accomplished his 496mission of entirely crossing the Australian Continent from south to north. Narrative of the Circumnavigation of the Globe by the Austrian Frigate Novara, Volume III (Commodore B. Von Wullerstorf-Urbair,) Undertaken by Order of the Imperial Government in the Years 1857, 1858, & 1859, Under the Immediate Auspices of His I. and R. Highness the Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian, Commander-In-Chief of the Austrian Navy. 2012-01-04T03:00:31.713Z
His first trip was most successful, as, starting from Sydney, he made his way to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and discovered many of the fine rivers of Northern Queensland. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z
She passed Magnetic Island, and sailed through Torres Straits into the Gulf of Carpentaria on an exploring cruise. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z
The low, which is now moving east across the Gulf of Carpentaria, will continue on its eastward path, toward Cape York Peninsula, the bureau said. Northern Australia Storm Weakens; Strong Rains and Wind Forecast 2011-12-29T03:19:38Z
An earlier cyclone watch for areas of the Northern Territory to the west of the Gulf of Carpentaria was canceled. Northeast Australia on Cyclone Watch as Grant Rebuilds Power 2011-12-28T20:50:06Z
The whole country along the east coast of the Gulf of Carpentaria is highly adapted for pastoral pursuits. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z
One party under M'Kinlay started from Adelaide, another under Walker from Queensland; Landsborough led a third, which was landed at the Gulf of Carpentaria to reach Melbourne, and Howitt proceeded from Melbourne vi� Cooper's Creek. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z
The last service rendered by Walker, the explorer, was in connection with the selection of the route of the telegraph line from Cardwell to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z
It appears with the first flood-waters, and follows the rivers from the Gulf of Carpentaria watershed down to Cooper's Creek and Lake Eyre. An Australian Bird Book A Pocket Book for Field Use 2010-12-31T03:00:10.497Z
Arnhem Land, a portion of the northern territory of S. Australia, lying west of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and forming a sort of peninsula. The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 2 Amiel to Atrauli
After reaching the Gulf of Carpentaria, they again ascended the table-land, and suffered extremely for want of water. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z
The buffaloes have spread along the north coast, nearly, if not quite, to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and to the south as far as the bottom of Van Diemen's Gulf. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z
Melville Bay completed the examination of the Gulf of Carpentaria, which had taken one hundred and five days; the circuit being twelve hundred miles. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z
Two steamers were despatched to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and a relief party, in charge of Alfred Howitt, up to the Cooper. The Red True Story Book
The report of this expedition was sent to Burke and Wills, just before they set out from Cooper’s Creek on their fatal trip to the Gulf of Carpentaria. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890
In the neighborhood of the Gulf of Carpentaria, Mr. Gilbert, the naturalist, was surprised by the natives, and killed. The Progress of Ethnology An Account of Recent Archaeological, Philological and Geographical Researches in Various Parts of the Globe 2011-02-12T03:00:34.983Z
On the Gulf of Carpentaria are two small ports. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z
Nearly three hundred years ago, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, a boat’s crew belonging to the “Duyfken,” one of the early Dutch vessels exploring there, was cut off and killed. Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z
And, as his new possession was in the vicinity of eight small creeks flowing westward into the Gulf of Carpentaria, he had given it the same name. Tom Gerrard
Rapid Journey to Gulf of Carpentaria.—They followed the broad current of Cooper’s Creek for some distance, and then struck off to the north, till they reached a stream, which they called Eyre Creek. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890
After hard going they reached a channel with tidal waters flowing into the Gulf of Carpentaria on 28th March, but they could not get a view of the open ocean because of boggy ground. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
Look at the northern coast of Australia, with its mysterious Gulf of Carpentaria; a survey of which, it is supposed, would solve the great geographical question respecting the rivers of the mimic continent. The Expedition to Borneo of H.M.S. Dido For the Suppression of Piracy
The following is an instance of the system of class divisions belonging to a tribe on the Upper Flinders River, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, calling themselves “Yerrunthully.” Early Days in North Queensland 2012-01-24T03:00:29.987Z
From the last camp Burke and Wills marched through swamps and woods of palms and mangroves, but they never caught sight of the waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria. From Pole to Pole A Book for Young People
They felt certain that its waters flowed into the Gulf of Carpentaria, and therefore, by keeping close to it, they had nothing to fear. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890
Three days of anxious steering took the Investigator through Torres Strait, and Flinders was soon sailing into the great Gulf of Carpentaria. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole
Then, turning off straight east, they flew over the dark-green canopy of eucalyptus forests of fertile Arnhem Land, and crossed the Gulf of Carpentaria in the full darkness of the night. Around the World in Ten Days
On the 4th of February 1861 Burke and his party, worn down by famine, reached the estuary of the Flinders river, not far from the present site of Normantown on the Gulf of Carpentaria. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary"
When I was last in Victoria I used to follow with much interest a curious walk across Australia, from the Gulf of Carpentaria to Melbourne done by a namesake. An Australian in China Being the Narrative of a Quiet Journey Across China to Burma
But Burke grew tired of waiting, and, as he was now near the centre of Australia, he determined to make a bold dash across to the Gulf of Carpentaria. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890
The entire coastline enclosing the Gulf of Carpentaria had accordingly now been skirted and mapped out. The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765
It is of course well known that the initiation ceremonies and totemic system of the northern tribes on both sides of the Gulf of Carpentaria differ somewhat widely from the normal Australian form. Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia
Hence they have recently signed a contract with an English syndicate for the construction, on the land-grant system, of a trans-continental railway to join Townsville and other north-east coast settlements with the Gulf of Carpentaria. Town Life in Australia
Excoecaria: A good-sized bush or small tree occupying the low depressions above the saline alluvial ground on the Gulf of Carpentaria. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
Walker was sent to cross from Rockhampton to the Gulf of Carpentaria; he succeeded in reaching the Flinders River, where Burke and Wills had been; but, of course, he saw nothing of them. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890
More than a century was to elapse before Dutch explorers again were to visit the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Part Borne by the Dutch in the Discovery of Australia 1606-1765
The eight-class system forms a compact mass, between the Gulf of Carpentaria and Roebuck Bay, extending south as far as Lat. Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia
The natives of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and also those on the eastern shores of St. Vincent's Gulf, practise the rite of circumcision. Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, Volume 2
Several times in the course of our journey from the Gulf of Carpentaria Gleeson, Jemmy, and Fisherman were unwell. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
From their colony at Java they sent out a small vessel, the Duyfhen, or Dove, which sailed into the Gulf of Carpentaria, and passed half-way down along its eastern side. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890
His course lay across the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Round the World in Seven Days
In two months Burke and his companions reached the borders of the Gulf of Carpentaria, at the extreme north of the continent, having solved the problem, and found a pathway to the North Pacific. St. Nicholas, Vol. 5, No. 5, March, 1878
He reached Batavia in June, 1643, and in the following year he visited again the north of Australia and voyaged right round the Gulf of Carpentaria. History of Holland
Now I intend proceeding down the river to Menindie, where I purpose if necessary to take the most advisable mode to let Mr. Howitt know of our return from the Gulf of Carpentaria. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
To the extreme north we find the Gulf of Carpentaria, and to the extreme south the island which used to be called Van Diemen's Land. The Story of Geographical Discovery How the World Became Known
Before his voyage, it was doubtful, whether New Holland was not divided into two great islands, by a strait passing between Bass' Straits and the Gulf of Carpentaria. A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels - Volume 18 Historical Sketch of the Progress of Discovery, Navigation, and Commerce, from the Earliest Records to the Beginning of the Nineteenth Century, By William Stevenson
Arriving in Sydney in May, he sailed again a couple of months later to the northward, surveying the Great Barrier Reef, Torres Straits, the Gulf of Carpentaria, and the coast of Arnhem's Land. The Naval Pioneers of Australia
These desirable objects I expected to accomplish before the approach of the monsoon would call me into the Gulf of Carpentaria. A Voyage to Terra Australis — Volume 1
Following the Flinders River up from the Gulf of Carpentaria took us for a long distance in a more southerly than easterly direction, then in a more easterly than southerly direction. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
The tides in the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria appear to be a compound of many others, obliterating the common daily difference, and producing only one tide in 24 hours. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea
We noticed, among the trees on the banks of this natural canal, two varieties of the palm; both kinds had been observed by Mr. Brown in the Gulf of Carpentaria, during Captain Flinders' voyage. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea.
The range of this division, which has been named by Mr. Brown, Cycloptera, has been hitherto limited to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and the tropical shores of the East Coast. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2
The description of a canoe seen by Captain Flinders at Blue Mud Bay, in the Gulf of Carpentaria, differs very little from the above.** Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1
They were hospitably received by the settlers, but the season was dry and their horses fared much worse in the settled districts than in crossing from the Gulf of Carpentaria to the Darling. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
Thus terminated our exploration of the southern shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria, nearly two hundred miles of which had been minutely examined in the boats.* Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea
Our course was directed to the west, and on the 11th of January we doubled Cape Wessel, situation in 135� long. and 10� S. lat., which forms the east point of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea
At four o'clock we passed Booby Island, and steered West by South across the Gulf of Carpentaria. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2
Cross the Gulf of Carpentaria, and resume the survey of the North Coast at Wessel's Islands. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1
His Excellency inquired what were Mr. Landsborough's impressions and ideas of the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria with reference to the settlement there of Europeans at any future time? Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
The tallest male measured five feet eleven, which is three inches less than a native Flinders measured in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea
Settlements have been established on the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Explorations in Australia, Illustrated,
The specimens from this tract consist almost entirely of sandstone, resembling that of Cambridge Gulf, Goulburn Island, and the Gulf of Carpentaria; with which the trap-formation appears to be associated. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 2
On our passage across the Gulf of Carpentaria we had very fine weather but the horizon was enveloped in haze. Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — Volume 1
Before I reached the Gulf of Carpentaria it was damaged during the wreck of a Firefly, and Lieutenant Woods kindly repaired it. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
The rite of circumcision, for instance, is only performed at King's Sound, on the west side of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and near the head of the Australian bight on the south. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea
The map of Australia, when compared with that of the world, suggested reasonable grounds for believing that a considerable river would be found to lead to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
You remember, Madge, how we suffered from the heat on the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria—you remember the cloudless sky and the parching sunbeams?” The Fur Country Seventy Degrees North Latitude
To try from this, for the Gulf of Carpentaria, I believe to be hopeless, for the plain seems to be without end and without water. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart
Mr. Bourne, who is an experienced bushman, has read this letter and thinks I have not given too favourable an account of the country along our route from the Gulf of Carpentaria. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
It has already been mentioned, that we had not seen any westward of Clarence Strait, neither were they in use in the bottom of the Gulf of Carpentaria, nor on the south coast.* Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea
Nor was it less reasonable to expect to find beyond it, the heads of a river or rivers leading to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
Next day at 9 o'clock, Wednesday and Thursday Islands as well as numerous other islands lying to the north-east of the Gulf of Carpentaria were passed. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant
This time success crowned his efforts; a passage was found northwards through the opposing scrub, and leaving the Gulf of Carpentaria far to the right, the Indian Ocean itself was reached. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart
He had had twenty years experience of Australia, and he had never seen better country for stock than he found on the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
The existence of hot winds also blowing from the interior is not conclusive, as we had, when in the Gulf of Carpentaria, very cold winds coming from the same direction. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea
Before his voyage it was doubtful whether New Holland was not divided into two great islands, by a strait passing between Bass Straits and the Gulf of Carpentaria. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia
At 2 o'clock on September 17th, the west head of the Gulf of Carpentaria was seen; on the 19th the vessels reached Croker's Island, and anchored on the 20th at Port Essington. The Logbooks of the Lady Nelson With the journal of her first commander Lieutenant James Grant
Mr. Stuart had now reached a position about half-way between Gregory's lowest southward point and the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart
Dr. Mueller observed that this seemed to augur well for any expeditions that might be undertaken from the south of the Gulf of Carpentaria to the south-west. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
Two brown bustards rose out of the grass; they were of the same size and colour as those seen in the Gulf of Carpentaria, and quite as wary, which was very singular. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea
While he was at work in the Gulf of Carpentaria, the condition of the Investigator caused him much uneasiness, and when she was overhauled, the rotten state of her timbers compelled him to return. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia
Though not popular, perhaps Tsing Hi was the best known of his contemporaries on the tableland through which the Palmer River wanders a hundred miles from the Gulf of Carpentaria. Tropic Days
Started again on a bearing of 345 degrees to some very distant hills, to see if I can get into the face of the country to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart
List of provisions received at the depot, Gulf of Carpentaria, on the 8th February 1862: 40 pounds of peas. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
Wilson, also, in his Voyage round the World, speaks of the Macassar people reporting an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria, with sandalwood growing on it. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea
Flinders, in his last voyage in the Investigator, had made important discoveries on the Queensland coast and in the Gulf of Carpentaria. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia
Flinders arrived in Sydney again, after his exploration of the Gulf of Carpentaria, in June, 1803. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
I shall try once more to make the Gulf of Carpentaria from this. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart
The steamship Victoria, Commander Norman, was despatched by the Victorian Government to the Gulf of Carpentaria to assist the explorers in carrying out their objects. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills
It is stated, for example, that after the south-west monsoon has set in strongly, numbers of coconuts are thrown on the north-west shore of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea
In the Gulf of Carpentaria he had also done some entirely original work. Terre Napoleón; a History of French Explorations and Projects in Australia
As the ship sailed along the western shore, the expectations which had been formed of a strait leading through the continent to the Gulf of Carpentaria faded away. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
I must now try on a north-east course towards the Gulf of Carpentaria. Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart
However convinced Sir Thomas Mitchell was of the affluent of the Victoria being in the Gulf of Carpentaria, others did not at once fall in with the notion. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
On the same evening she was herself pursuing her lonely way towards the Gulf of Carpentaria, the eastern shore of which we saw on the morning of the 1st of July. Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea
It possesses only two large indentations,—the Gulf of Carpentaria on the north, and Spencer's Gulf on the south. The World of Waters A Peaceful Progress o'er the Unpathed Sea
He cogitated a scheme for exploring the interior of Australia "from the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria to the head of the great gulf on the south coast," i.e., The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
Mitchell favoured the search for a practicable road to the Gulf of Carpentaria, and hoped also that he would at last find his long-sought northern-flowing river. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
Pera Head in the Gulf of Carpentaria a memorial of this visit. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Party employed preparing equipment for the journey to the Gulf of Carpentaria. 27th May. Journals of Australian Explorations
Burke, the leader of the expedition, in desperation started with his two men, Wills and King, and bravely struck out for the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Naturalist in Nicaragua
Flinders now desired to find a passage through the Barrier Reef to the open Pacific, in order that he might make the utmost speed for Torres Strait and the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
At length they surmounted the range, the backbone of the peninsula, and on the western slope, amid the heads of the rivers flowing into the Gulf of Carpentaria, made better progress. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
Leaving Port Jackson, Captain King returned to the scene of his labours by way of the east coast, crossed the Gulf of Carpentaria and discovered Cambridge Gulf. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Preparing equipment for explorations towards the Gulf of Carpentaria. 20th June. Journals of Australian Explorations
If not, the Victoria would be still so far on her way to the Gulf of Carpentaria--the only other goal he is likely to aim at reaching. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia
The papers of Flinders which Freycinet might have wished to see were those relating to the Gulf of Carpentaria, Torres Strait, and the Queensland coast, which Baudin's vessels did not explore. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
Approaching the Gulf of Carpentaria, he had several encounters with the aboriginals. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
Landsborough, William— Leader of the Queensland search party for Burke and Wills. journey by sea to the mouth of the Albert River, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
On the bank of the creek we this day first observed the casuarina, which is so frequent on the banks of the creeks trending towards the Gulf of Carpentaria. Journals of Australian Explorations
Information reached Melbourne that Mr. Stuart had nearly penetrated to the Gulf of Carpentaria, more to the westward; that he had been driven back by the natives, but would start again immediately. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia
I beg to have two or three charts and three or four manuscript books out of the said trunks, which are necessary to finishing the chart of the Gulf of Carpentaria and some parts adjacent. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
The direction of its upper course easily led him to believe that it was an affluent of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and after tracing it for some distance he returned to camp. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
Examined the south and east coasts of Australia, and explored the Gulf of Carpentaria and the coast of Arnheim's Land. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Continued preparation of maps; party employed in preparations for the journey to the Gulf of Carpentaria, camp duties, and preparing oakum for the schooner. Journals of Australian Explorations
I think that by this time the party must have reached the Gulf of Carpentaria, supposing them to have proceeded in that direction. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia
The Gulf of Carpentaria was entered on November 3rd, and a suitable place was found for careening the ship. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
Up the valley of this river they travelled, until they reached the head, where, at the Valley of Lagoons, they crossed the watershed on to the waters of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
Unfortunately for the success of the expedition, the leader died of malarial fever before the party left the settled districts of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Party preparing for journey to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Journals of Australian Explorations
Detail from "Wills' map of Burke and Wills' route to the Gulf of Carpentaria" Detail from "Wills' map of Burke and Wills' route to the Gulf of Carpentaria". Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia
The shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria have undergone a minute examination. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
It was now Kennedy's intention to make an excursion towards the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
Killed by the blacks at the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Wrote to Mr. Baines two letters of instructions; inspected equipment, and fitted the saddles of the party proceeding overland to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Journals of Australian Explorations
They appeared as much astonished as he describes the blacks near the Gulf of Carpentaria to have been at sight of himself and companions. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia
An examination of the Investigator showed how perilously near destruction she had been since she left the Gulf of Carpentaria. The Life of Captain Matthew Flinders
Passing through good travelling country, and finding ample grass and water, he reached the Leichhardt River flowing into the Gulf of Carpentaria, on the 6th of May. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
He said it was the Gulf of Carpentaria, and we were satisfied; we could not get through the mangroves, and never saw the open water, but we had accomplished the object of the expedition. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Party employed as before, namely, shoeing horses, restuffing saddles, and other preparations for journey to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Journals of Australian Explorations
His thoughts and conversation also constantly reverted to the interior, and to the hope that he would one day undertake the journey to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia
I believe that I could, on my old route, make the north coast of Australia, to the westward of the Gulf of Carpentaria, before any party from Moreton Bay. Expedition into Central Australia
The Tom Tough, now caulked and repaired, was to make her way to the Albert River in the Gulf of Carpentaria, where they would again probably meet. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
On the way up the ship fell in with four merchant vessels, which she convoyed as far as Booby Island, she herself pursuing her way down the Gulf of Carpentaria. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
In approaching the Gulf of Carpentaria heavy dews and fogs have become more frequent in the mornings, when it is usually calm. Journals of Australian Explorations
He discovered the mouths of most of the rivers that fall into the Gulf of Carpentaria, besides many harbours, bays, estuaries, and other geographical features upon the North Australian coasts. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,
These beautiful pigeons which are alluded to by Leichhardt, are at certain seasons found in immense flocks in the plain country about the Gulf of Carpentaria. Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland
Was it one big island-continent, or was it divided into two by a strait running south from the head of the Gulf of Carpentaria? Laperouse
Took command of a search expedition for Leichhardt, organised by the ladies of Victoria, but when in the Gulf of Carpentaria died of malarial fever. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Party employed preparing saddlery and equipment for the journey to the Gulf of Carpentaria. 3rd June. Journals of Australian Explorations
The Jardines traversed a route more westerly than Kennedy's along the eastern shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria to Cape York. Australia Twice Traversed, Illustrated,
The climate of the country surrounding the southern end of the Gulf of Carpentaria is very hot and trying from November to March, but genial thenceforward. The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken
Among the central and northern tribes, from the Arunta of the Macdonnell hills to the Gulf of Carpentaria, the eight-class rule exists, and it is, confessedly, the most advanced of all. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia
Many of the names still retained in the Gulf of Carpentaria are memorials of his visit. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Several cockatoos were shot; they are similar in colour and form to the sulphur-crested cockatoos of the Victoria and Gulf of Carpentaria, but much larger in size. Journals of Australian Explorations
We were traveling due west and on January 11 we doubled Cape Wessel, located in longitude 135° and latitude 10° north, the western tip of the Gulf of Carpentaria. Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea
And he had looked to Australia to make a man of him yet: in Encounter Bay, perhaps, or in the Gulf of Carpentaria, he might yet end nobly. Zuleika Dobson, or, an Oxford love story
If this were the case, the coastal tribes of the Gulf of Carpentaria and of the north generally would have developed the All Father belief. The Euahlayi Tribe; a study of aboriginal life in Australia
Examining the country at the back of Rockingham Bay, and marking a telegraph line from there to the mouth of the Norman River, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Party at the camp preparing equipment for expedition to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Journals of Australian Explorations
I was unaware of the very existence of the great Gulf of Carpentaria The Adventures of Louis De Rougemont
Takes charge of the new township of Burketown, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
The numerous streams of the Gulf of Carpentaria, and others that have since become almost household words in Australian geography. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Captain Jan Carstens, with eight of his crew murdered; but the vessels proceeded to, and touched on the north coast of New Holland, west of the Gulf of Carpentaria, still known as "Arnheim's Land." The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Many of the names still retained in the Gulf of Carpentaria are significant of Tasman's visit. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
We will again take up Flinders' narrative during his examination of the Gulf of Carpentaria, which had not been visited since the days of the Dutch ships. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
Walker was afterwards employed by the Queensland Government to explore a track for the telegraph line from Rockingham Bay to the mouth of the Norman River, in the Gulf of Carpentaria. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888
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