Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia

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Title: Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And
Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2)
Author: George Grey
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JOURNALS
OF
TWO EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY

IN
NORTH-WEST AND WESTERN
AUSTRALIA,
DURING THE YEARS 1837, 1838, AND 1839,
Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government.
DESCRIBING
MANY NEWLY DISCOVERED, IMPORTANT, AND FERTILE
DISTRICTS,
WITH
OBSERVATIONS ON THE MORAL AND PHYSICAL CONDITION
OF THE ABORIGINAL INHABITANTS, ETC. ETC.
BY GEORGE GREY, ESQUIRE.
GOVERNOR OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA;
Late Captain of the Eighty-third Regiment.
...
IN TWO VOLUMES.
VOLUME 2.
...
LONDON:
T. AND W. BOONE, 29 NEW BOND STREET.
1841.
...

CONTENTS OF VOLUME 2.

CHAPTER 1.
FROM GANTHEAUME BAY TO THE HUTT RIVER.
WRECK OF THE SECOND BOAT IN GANTHEAUME BAY.
EXPLORE IN ITS VICINITY. ESTUARY AND SCENERY ABOUT
IT. PROVISIONS DIVIDED. START FOR PERTH. GEOLOGICAL
REMARKS. CROSS A DISTRICT OF RED SANDSTONE. PLAINS
ABOUNDING IN THE WARRAN PLANT. SUPERIOR NATIVE
PATHS AND WELLS. ESTUARY OF THE HUTT. DESCRIPTION
OF THE COUNTRY AND SCENERY. PROGRESS OPPOSED BY
NATIVES. THE HUTT RIVER. FIRST HILLS OF THE SOUTHERN
IRONSTONE FORMATION.

CHAPTER 2.
FROM THE HUTT RIVER TO WATER PEAK.
WILD TURKEYS SEEN. DIFFICULTY OF URGING THE PARTY
FORWARD. THE BOWES RIVER. NATIVE HUTS. THE
VICTORIA RANGE AND DISTRICT. THE BULLER RIVER. THE
CHAPMAN RIVER. SEARCH FOR A MISSING MAN. SCENE
WITH NATIVES. RETURN OF PARTY FROM SEARCH. THE
MAN FOUND. THE GREENOUGH RIVER. CROSS THE HEADS
OF TWO BAYS. MORE NATIVE HUTS. AUSTRALIND. THE
IRWIN RIVER. SEARCH FOR WATER. WATER PEAK HILL.
BENIGHTED IN RETURNING TO THE PARTY.

CHAPTER 3.
FROM WATER PEAK TO GAIRDNER'S RANGE.
RETURN TO THE PARTY. DESTRUCTION OF USELESS
BAGGAGE. CRITICAL SITUATION. DIVIDE THE PARTY, AND
PROCEED WITH THE STRONGEST TO PERTH FOR
ASSISTANCE. ARRANGEMENTS AT STARTING. THE
ARROWSMITH RIVER. NATIVES. MOUNT HORNER.
GAIRDNER'S RANGE. GENEROUS CONDUCT OF ONE OF THE
MEN.

CHAPTER 4.
FROM GAIRDNER'S RANGE TO PERTH.
THE HILL RIVER. DISCOVERY OF A NATIVE PROVISION
STORE. BARREN COUNTRY. SUFFERINGS FROM THIRST.
SMITH'S RIVER. LONG AND UTTER DESTITUTION OF FOOD
AND WATER. UNSUCCESSFUL SEARCH FOR WATER WITH
KAIBER. HIS TREACHEROUS INTENTIONS. RETURN TO THE
MEN. DISTRESSING SYMPTOMS FROM THIRST. LAST
EFFORTS. FORTUNATE DISCOVERY OF A MOIST MUD-HOLE.
PANGS OF HUNGER. RIVER OF RUNNING WATER. NATIVE
SUPERSTITIONS. MISERY FROM RAIN AND COLD. PASS THE

MOORE RIVER. JOYFUL INTERVIEW WITH A FRIENDLY
TRIBE. NATIVE HOSPITALITY. SUPERSTITIONS OF MY MEN.
ARRIVAL AND RECEPTION AT PERTH.

CHAPTER 5.
FROM WATER PEAK TO PERTH.
(MR. WALKER'S PARTY.)
PARTY SENT IN SEARCH FROM PERTH. RETURN WITH
CHARLES WOODS. SECOND PARTY IN SEARCH, UNDER MR.
ROE. ARRIVAL OF MR. WALKER AT PERTH. NARRATIVE OF
THEIR PROCEEDINGS FROM WATER PEAK. EXTREME
DISTRESS FROM HUNGER AND THIRST. DEATH OF MR.
SMITH. TIMELY DISCOVERY OF THE REST BY MR. ROE. MR.
ROE'S REPORT.

CHAPTER 6.
SUMMARY OF DISCOVERIES.
RIVERS AND MOUNTAIN RANGES DISCOVERED. DISTRICTS
OF BABBAGE AND VICTORIA. MR. MOORE'S VOYAGE TO
HOUTMAN'S ABROLHOS AND PORT GREY. DISTRICT TO THE
NORTH OF PERTH.

CHAPTER 7.
VOYAGE HOMEWARDS.
NATURAL HISTORY.

CHAPTER 8.
THE OVERLANDERS.
CLASS OF PERSONS. THEIR MODE OF LIFE. SUDDEN
ACCUMULATION OF WEALTH. EFFECTS OF THEIR
ENTERPRISES. MAGNITUDE OF THEIR OPERATIONS. RAPID
INCREASE OF WEALTH IN NEW SETTLEMENTS. SPREAD OF

STOCK STATIONS. COURSE OF THE OVERLANDERS
THROUGH AUSTRALIA. COMMUNICATION BETWEEN
SOUTHERN AND WESTERN AUSTRALIA. GENERAL
CONSEQUENCES OF THE SPREAD OF COMMERCE AND
EMIGRATION.
THE ABORIGINES.

CHAPTER 9.
NATIVE LANGUAGE.
RADICALLY THE SAME THROUGHOUT THE CONTINENT.
CAUSES OF A CONTRARY OPINION. DIFFERENCE OF
DIALECTS. EXAMPLES. CAUSES OF ERROR IN FORMER
ENQUIRERS.

CHAPTER 10.
THEIR TRADITIONAL LAWS.
ERRORS OF THEORETICAL WRITERS REGARDING THE
SAVAGE STATE. COMPLEX LAWS OF SAVAGE LIFE.
CONSIDERATIONS ON THEIR ORIGIN.

CHAPTER 11.
LAWS OF RELATIONSHIP, MARRIAGE, AND INHERITANCE.
RELATIONSHIP AND MARRIAGE. DIVISION OF FAMILIES.
LAW OF MARRIAGE. COINCIDENT INSTITUTIONS AMONGST
THE NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS. ORIGIN OF FAMILY
NAMES. SECOND COINCIDENCE. BETROTHMENTS. WIDOWS.
OBLIGATIONS OF RELATIONSHIP. DIFFICULTY OF PURSUING
THE ENQUIRY. PROPERTY VESTED IN INDIVIDUALS.
UNIVERSALITY OF THIS CUSTOM. LINE OF INHERITANCE.
CERTAIN LAWS REGARDING FOOD.

CHAPTER 12.

CRIMES AND PUNISHMENTS.
SUPERSTITIOUS REVENGE OF NATURAL DEATH. MURDER.
STEALING A WIFE. BREACH OF MARRIAGE LAWS.
IMPLICATION OF A MURDERER'S FAMILY IN HIS CRIME.
ORDEAL AND PUNISHMENT FOR OTHER