Narrative of the Overland Expedition of the Messrs. Jardine from Rockhampton to Cape York, Northern Queensland
by Alexander Jardine Frank Lascelles Jardine
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- NARRATIVE OF THE OVERLAND EXPEDITION OF THE MESSRS. JARDINE, FROM ROCKHAMPTON TO CAPE YORK, NORTHERN QUEENSLAND.
- COMPILED FROM THE JOURNALS OF THE BROTHERS, AND EDITED BY FREDERICK J. BYERLEY, (ENGINEER OF ROADS, NORTHERN DIVISION OF QUEENSLAND).
- TO SIR CHARLES NICHOLSON, BART., CHANCELLOR OF THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY, etc., etc., etc., AS ONE OF OUR OLDEST AND MOST DISTINGUISHED COLONISTS. THE NARRATIVE IS INSCRIBED WITH GREAT RESPECT, BY THE EDITOR.
- List of Images
- PREFACE.
- INTRODUCTION.
- CHAPTER I.
- CHAPTER II.
- CHAPTER III.
- CHAPTER IV
- CHAPTER V.
- CHAPTER VI.
- APPENDIX
- THE MELALEUCA (Tea-tree Gum M. Leucodendron.)
- GARRAWAN.
- FLOCK PIGEON OF THE GULF (Phaps Histrionica.)
- THE EINASLEIH.
- THE NONDA (Parinarium Nonda. F. Mueller.)
- BURDEKIN DUCK (Tadorna Raja).
- THE NATIVE BEE.
- THE APPLE-GUM (Angophora?)
- TERRY'S BREECH-LOADERS.
- THE MARAMIE.
- SPINIGEX, Spear Grass, Needle Grass, or "Saucy Jack" (Triodia Irritans.)
- FIVE CORNERS (Stypelia?)
- THE NATIVE PLUM (Owenia.)
- THE CALAMUS (Calamus Australis.)
- THE PITCHER PLANT (Nepenthes Kennedyana.)
- THE FERGUSON OR STAATEN.
- FATE OF THE MULE.
- THE MIDAMO.
- SOMERSET.
- PORT ALBANY.
- DR. HARAN'S REPORT.
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