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Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia

CHAPTER VII
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It was very open, with some plains, slightly undulating or rising into ridges, beautifully grassed and with sound ground.

We crossed the river I had seen the preceding day from the hill, and found it running.

Two large creeks, one from the right and the other from the left, also joined the Burdekin.

I observed Pegmatite of a white colour, and hornblende Porphyry and Diorite.

A shrubby Clerodendron and an arborescent Bursaria, covered with white blossoms, adorned the forest.
The latitude was 20 degrees 0 minutes 36 seconds.
April 11 .-- We continued our journey up the river, in a W.N.W.


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