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EDWARD JOHN EYRE

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1845

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Blue card cover with black lettering. Journals of Expedition of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the Years 1840-1841. Sent by the Colonists of South Australia with the Sanction and Support of the Government: including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of their Relations with Europeans by Edward John Eyre Resident Magistrate , Murray River. In Two Vo lumes, Parts only Vol. 1 Pages 310-402, Vol. 2. Pagess 1 - 112. Facsimily Edition. Reproduced by permission of South Australia's Library Board 1964. iIlustrated, & maps.

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cwa-org-51-B2010.56

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EYRE, Edward John

Keywords

History - Western Australia

Exploration Overland

Year

1845

Statement of significance

Excerps from journals of Edward John Eyre

Albany Historical Society Inc

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