| 单词 | Murrumbidgee |
| 例句 | Along the Murrumbidgee River near the town of Wagga Wagga floods peaked on Friday at the highest level since 2010. Rescue efforts in full swing as Australia's inland towns brace for flood peaks 2022-11-05T04:00:00Z South of Forbes, parts of the city of Wagga Wagga were evacuated due to the Murrumbidgee River breaking its banks. Homes inundated by swollen rivers in Australian floods 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Grant had spotted a small kingfisher, or birrangbirrang in Wiradjuri, as it swooped low over the Murrumbidgee River in the oppressive summer heat, calling to its mate. An Heir to a Tribe’s Culture Ensures Its Language Is Not Forgotten 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z In the year 1824 Hume, accompanied by W. H. Hovell, crossed the Murrumbidgee River, and some time afterwards saw the snow-capped mountains of the Australian Alps. Our First Half-Century: A Review of Queensland Progress Based Upon Official Information 2012-04-22T02:00:09.320Z These waters have been brought down by the Murray, the Murrumbidgee, and the Goulburn, and the united floods fall into the sea, through Lake Alexandrina, between Melbourne and Adelaide. Australian Pictures Drawn with Pen and Pencil 2012-04-02T02:00:28.873Z The Murray coiled behind them; the Murrumbidgee lay before. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z The Murrumbidgee is a river which runs westerly from the district called Yass Plains, situated very nearly at the south-western extremity of New South Wales. Australia, its history and present condition containing an account both of the bush and of the colonies, with their respective inhabitants “I was told when you revive a lost language, you give it back to all mankind,” he said, sitting in his kitchen, not far from where the kingfishers darted across the Murrumbidgee. An Heir to a Tribe’s Culture Ensures Its Language Is Not Forgotten 2016-04-08T04:00:00Z An Irishman on the Murrumbidgee is very clever at this schooling. Austral English A dictionary of Australasian words, phrases and usages with those aboriginal-Australian and Maori words which have become incorporated in the language, and the commoner scientific words that have had their origin in Australasia The yard behind the house was shut in by as many outbuildings as clustered about the small homesteads which Fergus had already beheld on the banks of the Murrumbidgee. Stingaree And the night after that they were creeping across the desert of the One Tree Plain, with the Lachlan lying ahead and the Murrumbidgee left behind. Tiny Luttrell 2011-09-07T02:00:16.757Z It rises in the Australian Alps, and gathers on its way to the sea the Murrumbidgee and the Darling tributaries. Peeps At Many Lands: Australia At length they entered the Murrumbidgee; but their food was now failing, and the labour of pulling against the stream was proving too great for the men, whose limbs began to grow feeble and emaciated. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 He now proposed to follow the line of the Murrumbidgee, "a river of considerable size and impetuous current," and to trace it if possible into the interior. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole So he gave up the police an' we went a long way farther back to Gool-Gool on the Yarrangung, a tributary of the Murrumbidgee. Some Everyday Folk and Dawn It resembles some country I have seen near Hay on the Murrumbidgee River. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills By following the valley downwards, we arrive on the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Taking with him a party of twenty-five convicts, he followed the Lachlan to its junction with the Murrumbidgee. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 The Murrumbidgee had joined the great Murray River as Sturt now called it, after Sir George Murray of the Colonial Department. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole The fall of their axes and the murmur of the Murrumbidgee echoed faintly from the sunset. My Brilliant Career The box trees are similar to those that grow near the Murrumbidgee River. Journal of Landsborough's Expedition from Carpentaria In search of Burke and Wills Search for the junction of the Murrumbidgee and Murray. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 On leaving the Murrumbidgee they ascended the Darling, till they reached Menindie—the place from which Sturt had set out sixteen years before. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 They reached the camp on the Murrumbidgee just seventy-seven days after leaving it; but to their dismay it was deserted. A Book of Discovery The History of the World's Exploration, From the Earliest Times to the Finding of the South Pole Why, Susie Duffy was the best singer on the Murrumbidgee, and she would sing for any one who asked her, and free of charge. My Brilliant Career Concerning this resemblance between sheep, there is a story told of a fat old Murrumbidgee squatter who gave a big price for a famous ram called Sir Oliver. Three Elephant Power and Other Stories Row up the Murray to the junction of the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 As soon as they met the Murrumbidgee their troubles commenced; the river was so broad and swift that it was difficult to see how they could carry their goods across. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 And sometimes under sunny skies, Without an explanation, The Murrumbidgee used to rise And overflow the station. The Man from Snowy River The whole plain of the Murrumbidgee has been, at not a very distant date, beneath the ocean; as the Madrepores, and other fossils in the limestone cliffs of the river testify. The Bushman — Life in a New Country First fixing the junction of the Murray and Murrumbidgee, the boats were launched, and the whole of the party crossed the Murray, and the journey up the southern bank commenced. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 Here the natives again told us of Oolawambiloa, near a great river coming from the north, and only five days' journey from where we should make the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The Murrumbidgee also used occasionally to spread out into a great sea, carrying off houses and crops, cattle, and, oftentimes, the people themselves. History of Australia and New Zealand From 1606 to 1890 Puckawidgee, Fat cattle: Seven hundred head Swept down the Murrumbidgee; Their destination's quite obscure, But, somehow, there's a notion, Unless the river falls, they're sure To reach the Southern Ocean.' The Man from Snowy River Also the water animals, as the tortoise, are to be found in both colonies; but not the platypus, which is confined to the country east of the great river Murrumbidgee and its tributary the Darling. The Bushman — Life in a New Country Now they must re-enter the Murray while the weary party had still strength to face each day's never-ending toil, and return to the camp on the Murrumbidgee. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 The object next in importance was the country between me and the Murrumbidgee in a south-west direction. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Such was the force with which they were shot out of the Murrumbidgee that they were carried nearly to the opposite bank of the new and ample stream. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Their blankets, sleeping-bag, instruments and other gear made rather heavy swags, but they shouldered them in true Murrumbidgee style and tramped away. The Home of the Blizzard Being the Story of the Australasian Antarctic Expedition, 1911-1914 Bedad, some o' that luggage 'll be washed down to the Murrumbidgee before night; but the most of it is strapped on. Outback Marriage, an : a story of Australian life Following the Murrumbidgee, after a short distance they left it for a south-west course, which still led them through hills and valleys rich with good grass and running water. The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888 I had already been struck with the remarkable dissimilarity between the Murrumbidgee and all the interior rivers previously seen by me, especially the Darling. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 On the bosom of the Murray they could now make use of their sail, which the contracted space in the bed of the Murrumbidgee had before prevented them from doing. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work It is an out-of-the-way place, situated on the lower part of the Murrumbidgee River. Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia I proceeded on this occasion to the south of Sydney, and intersecting the Murrumbidgee, a river at that time but little known, but which Mr. Hume had crossed, in lat. Expedition into Central Australia Kenilworth was on the commercial divide, having a choice of two evils—the long, uninviting track southward to the Murrumbidgee, and the badly watered route eastward to the Bogan. Such Is Life He told us the name of the waterholes between that place and the Murrumbidgee, but he could not be prevailed on to be our guide. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 South of the Murrumbidgee the country was broken and difficult to traverse, but it was well grassed and admirably adapted for grazing purposes. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work I stayed there a couple of days when I was going north to the Murrumbidgee. Stories by English Authors: The Orient (Selected by Scribners) They had, however, avoided the upper branches of the Murray, and particularly the Hume, by which name the Murray itself is known above the junction of the Murrumbidgee with it. Expedition into Central Australia It was whispered that he held all the loyal brethren of Riverina under the whip, by reason of his being the only man in the region beyond the Murrumbidgee who could confer the Purple Degree. Such Is Life After proceeding about three miles further we saw a lagoon between us and the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The Surveyor-General first mapped the exact junction of the Murrumbidgee and Murray, and then transferred the whole of the expedition in boats to the other side of the Murray. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work There was an old feller down the Murrumbidgee named Kelly. Over the Sliprails From the Murrumbidgee, I passed into the Murray, the largest known river in Australia, unless one of greater magnitude has recently been discovered by Sir Thomas Mitchell to the north. Expedition into Central Australia Concealed from distant observation by the timber of the pine-ridge, he had dismissed all apprehension, and allowed his mind to drift to a bend of the Murrumbidgee, a couple of miles above Hay. Such Is Life Reeds appeared in patches back from the river but, unlike the banks of the Darling, the best and clearest ground was on the immediate margin of the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Captain Sturt was naturally selected to be the leader of the Murrumbidgee expedition, and with him as second went George MacLeay, the son of the then Colonial Secretary. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work The banks of the river bore here a very different aspect from any parts which we had seen above; and I supposed that we were at length approaching its junction with the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 On this upper ground we observed several tombs, all enclosed within parterres of the same boat-like shape first seen by us on the day we traced the Lachlan into the basin of the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 To use the expression of men deeply interested in the matter, you could flog a flea from the Murrumbidgee to the Darling. Such Is Life This hill I found to be the most western and the last between the Murrumbidgee and the Lachlan. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The course for some time lay along the rich river-flats of the Murrumbidgee. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Search for the junction of the Murrumbidgee and Murray. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 I was met as favourably by the natives on this first passage of the Murray as I had been on our first approach to the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Row up the Murray to the junction of the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The strangers consisted of a family just come from the Murrumbidgee, and presented such a picture of the wild and wonderful that I felt a strong desire to make a sketch of the whole group. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Unfortunately for his fame, he then relinquished all thoughts and hopes of a southward course; for had he pushed on, posterity would have hailed his memory as the discoverer of the Murrumbidgee. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work In the afternoon I proceeded in one of the boats up the river to the junction of the Murrumbidgee; and I ascertained that there was a fresh in that river also. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 There was a hollow or break in the bank of the Murray, about 100 yards lower down, which seemed to have been once an outlet of the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 On the Murrumbidgee and Murray the graves are covered with well thatched huts containing dried grass for bedding and enclosed by a parterre of a particular shape, like the inside of a whale-boat.**** Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 We were informed that the Lachlan contained water in more abundance one or two days' journey lower down, and that the Murrumbidgee was not far to the southward. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 On the 12th of May, he halted on the bank of the Murrumbidgee, which in his opinion surpassed all the other Australian rivers he had yet seen. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work The first object of research was the actual junction of the Murrumbidgee with the Murray. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 It was therefore not the least satisfactory part of the intelligence subsequently received from Mr. Stapylton that she was married on her arrival to Joey, the King of the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The valley preserved a course somewhat to the westward of north, and I now felt confident that by following it downwards we should reach the Murrumbidgee without meeting further impediment. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Under these circumstances it was obvious that the long course of the river Lachlan is in no part better defined than where it enters the basin of the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Thus was commenced the investigation of the unexplored side of the Murray, that above its junction with the Murrumbidgee, in other words the Hume proper. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Again and again I examined the mountains with my glass, and only discovered that they were numerous and all ranging towards the north-west, a direction right across our way to the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 With the Murrumbidgee still occasionally in view we pursued the road which led towards Sydney. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 I arrived long after dark at a cattle-station occupied by a superintendent of Mr. Henry O'Brian, near Jugion Creek on the right bank of the Murrumbidgee, and there passed the night. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 I saw the first of these heaps when near the end of the last day's journey along the Lachlan, where this river partook of the reedy character of the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Here we may remark on the tenacity with which the Murrumbidgee River long eluded the eye of the white man. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work By following the valley downwards, we arrive on the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 No change took place in the character of the valley for nine miles; but I recognised then at no great distance the hills which on the 22nd I had supposed to lie beyond the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 Another variety of this rock is very abundant in the neighbourhood of Limestone plains on the interior side of the Coast ranges and near the principal sources of the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 A misfortune befel us this evening which made the party better aware of the treacherous nature of the banks of this part of the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 We had arrived on the Murrumbidgee seventy-five miles below the point where that river quitted the settled districts and ceased to form a county boundary. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 On the 7th I resumed our journey and arrived as above-mentioned, the cattle and horses having been got safely over the Murrumbidgee the same afternoon. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 In my instructions to Mr. Stapylton, sent by Burnett, I directed him to survey the course of the Murrumbidgee upwards from Guy's station until he connected our interior survey with the map of the colony. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 The old man and his family had proceeded across to Waljeers in order to procure mussels, the object, as I understood, of his journey from the Murrumbidgee. Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 |
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