Who discovered Lake Alexandrina |
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| Title : | Who discovered Lake Alexandrina |
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| Creator : | Gill, Thomas | ||
| Source : | Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch vol. 8, 1904-06 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | Adelaide | ||
| Publisher : | H. F. Leader Govt. Printer | ||
| Date of creation : | 1890-1987 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Royal Geographical Society of Australasia. South Australian Branch Pitt, G. H. Zalums, E. | ||
| Format : | Magazine | ||
| Contributor : | State Library of South Australia | ||
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Charles Sturt was not the first European to discover Lake Alexandrina, although he believed so at the time. News eventually reached Sydney that a large lake adjacent to the coast of Encounter Bay had been seen by sealers operating on the south coast. A report of this was sent to Sydney, but its arrival was delayed. The sealers did not realise that a large river drained into the lake. |
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| Place : | Lake Alexandrina |
| Region : | Mt Lofty Ranges and Eastern Plain |
| Further reading : | Sturt, Charles Two expeditions into the interior of southern Australia, during the years 1828, 1829, 1830, and 1831: with observations on the soil, climate, and general resources of the Colony of New South Wales Adelaide: Public Library of South Australia, 1963 Linn, RobA diverse land: a history of the Lower Murray, Lakes and Coorong [Meningie, S. Aust]: Meningie Historical Society, 1988 Alexandrina's shore: a history of the Milang district / edited by Jim Faull Milang [S.Aust.]: Milang and District Historical Society, 1981 |
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