The Murray River / Being a Journal of the Voyage of the "Lady Augusta" Steamer from the Goolwa, in South Australia, to Gannewarra, above Swan Hill, Victoria, a Distance from the Sea Mouth of 1400 Miles

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PREFACE.

APPENDIX.

SUPPLEMENT.

Footnotes

Transcriber's Notes

CLEARING CLAIM.
“The surface-soil is usually first skimmed off before digging is properly commenced.”

MARKING CLAIM.
“In all directions men were engaged in marking out their claims, which were eight feet square.”

THE MURRAY RIVER:

BEING A
JOURNAL OF THE VOYAGE
OF THE
“LADY AUGUSTA” STEAMER
FROM THE
GOOLWA, IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
TO
GANNEWARRA, ABOVE SWAN HILL, VICTORIA;
A DISTANCE FROM THE
SEA MOUTH OF 1400 MILES.

BY ARTHUR KINLOCH, Esq.,
CLERK OF THE EXECUTIVE COUNCIL OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA.

LONDON:
HOPE & CO., 16, GREAT MARLBOROUGH STREET.
1856.

TO
HIS EXCELLENCY SIR HENRY EDWARD FOX YOUNG, KNIGHT,
LIEUTENANT-GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA,
WHO HAS KINDLY AUTHORISED
MY PUBLICATION OF A JOURNAL OF THE EXPEDITION ON THE MURRAY,
I RESPECTFULLY
DEDICATE THIS SHORT NARRATIVE OF THE VOYAGE
OF THE
FIRST STEAMER ON THE WATERS OF THAT NOBLE RIVER.


ARTHUR KINLOCH.

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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