The prospect ahead is cheerless |
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| Title : | The prospect ahead is cheerless |
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| Creator : | Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869 | ||
| Source : | Narrative of an expedition into Central Australia ..., volume 1, p. 399 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | London | ||
| Publisher : | T. and W. Boone | ||
| Date of creation : | 1849 | ||
| Format : | Book | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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Charles Sturt explored north towards the centre of Australia, and on the evening of 6 September 1845 the prospect ahead was of red sand-hills, and to the north-east of dry salt lagoons and samphire bushes. He had left his advance depot at Fort Grey on 15 August with four men, 10 horses and a cart and provisions for four months. He was attempting to cross some of the most inhospitable country in Australia. His hope of an inland sea, which had led him to take a whaleboat on his expedition, had faded. He now aspired to reach the centre of Australia, and there raise his flag. Accompanying Sturt on this attempt to penetrate the heart of Australia were Dr John Browne, Robert Flood, William Lewis and Joseph Cowley. At Fort Grey, John McDouall Stuart was in charge of the remainder of the party with directions to build a stockade and to plant a vegetable garden as provision against scurvy. He also left instructions for the boat to be painted in readiness, in case he found the long hoped for inland sea. |
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| Related names : | Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869 Browne, John Harris, 1817-1904 Stuart, John McDouall, 1815-1866 |
| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | Sturt, Charles, Narrative of an expedition into Central Australia: performed under the authority of Her Majesty's Government, during the years 1844, 5, and 6, ... New York: Greenwood Press, [1969] Beale, Edgar Sturt, the chipped idol: a study of Charles Sturt, explorer Sydney: Sydney University Press, 1979 Stokes, Edward, To the inland sea: Charles Sturt's expedition 1844-45 Melbourne: Hutchinson of Australia, 1986 Cumpston, J. H. L. The inland sea and the great river: the story of Australian exploration Sydney: Angus and Robertson, 1964 |
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