Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 490 pages of information about Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2.

Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 490 pages of information about Three Expeditions into the Interior of Eastern Australia, Volume 2.
Mr. Stapylton’s report. 
The aboriginal natives. 
Turandurey. 
My mode of communicating with Mr. Stapylton. 
Survey of the Murrumbidgee. 
Meteorological journal. 
Arrival of the exploring party at Sydney. 
Piper. 
The two Tommies. 
Ballandella. 
Character of the natives of the interior. 
Language. 
Habits of those of Van Diemen’s Land the same. 
Temporary huts. 
Mode of climbing trees. 
Remarkable customs. 
Charmed stones. 
Females excluded from superstitious rites. 
Bandage or fillet around the temples. 
Striking out the tooth. 
Painting with red. 
Raised scars on arms and breast. 
Cutting themselves in mourning. 
Authority of old men. 
Native dogs. 
Females carrying children. 
Weapons. 
Spear. 
Woomera. 
Boomerang. 
Its probable origin. 
Shield or Hieleman. 
Skill in approaching the kangaroo. 
Modes of cooking. 
Opossum. 
Singeing. 
Vegetable food. 
The shovel. 
General observations.

CHAPTER 3.15.

Geological specimens collected. 
Connection between soil and rocks. 
Limestone. 
Granite. 
Trap-rocks. 
Sandstone. 
Geological structure and physical outline. 
Valleys of excavation. 
Extent of that of the Cox. 
Quantity of rock removed. 
Valley of the Grose. 
Wellington Valley. 
Limestone caverns. 
Description and view of the largest. 
Of that containing osseous breccia. 
First discovery of bones. 
Small cavity and stalagmitic crust. 
Teeth found in the floor. 
A third cavern. 
Breccia on the surface. 
Similar caverns in other parts of the country. 
At Buree. 
At Molong. 
Shattered state of the bones. 
Important discoveries by Professor Owen. 
Gigantic fossil kangaroos. 
Macropus atlas. 
Macropus titan. 
Macropus indeterminate. 
Genus Hypsiprymnus, new species, indeterminate. 
Genus Phalangista. 
Genus Phascolomys. 
Ph. mitchellii, a new species. 
New Genus Diprotodon. 
Dasyurus laniarius, a new species. 
General results of Professor Owen’s researches. 
Age of the breccia considered. 
State of the caverns. 
Traces of inundation. 
Stalagmitic crust. 
State of the bones. 
Putrefaction had only commenced when first deposited. 
Accompanying marks of disruption. 
Earthy deposits. 
These phenomena compared with other evidence of inundation. 
Salt lakes in the interior. 
Changes on the seacoast. 
Proofs that the coast was once higher above the sea than it is at
present. 
Proofs that it was once lower. 
And of violent action of the sea. 
At Wollongong. 
Cape Solander. 
Port Jackson. 
Broken Bay. 
Newcastle. 
Tuggerah Beach. 
Bass Strait.

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LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.  VOLUME 2.

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