GEOGRAPHICAL MEMOIRS

ON

A. M

NEW SOUTH WALES;

BY VARIOUS HANDS:

CONTAINING

AN ACCOUNT OF THE SURVEYOR GENERAL'S LATE EXPEDITION
TO TWO NEW PORTS; THE DISCOVERY OF MORETON BAY
RIVER, WITH THE ADVENTURES FOR SEVEN MONTHS

THERE OF TWO SHIPWRECKED MEN; A ROUTE
FROM BATHURST TO LIVERPOOL PLAINS ;

TOGETHER WITH

OTHER PAPERS

ON THE

ABORIGINES, THE GEOLOGY, THE BOTANY, THE TIMBER,
THE ASTRONOMY, AND THE METEOROLOGY.

OF

NEW SOUTH WALES

AND

VAN DIEMEN'S LAND.

EDITED BY

BARRON FIELD, ESQ. F.L.S.

LATE JUDGE OF THE SUPREME COURT OF NEW SOUTH WALES
AND ITS DEPENDENCIES.

"Give me a blessing; for thou hast given me a scuth land; give me
also springs of water."Josh. xv. 19. Judg. i. 15.

LONDON:

JOHN MURRAY, ALBEMARLE-STREET.

MDCCCXXV.

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LONDON:

PRINTED BY THOMAS DAVISON, WHITEFRIARS.

TO THE

EARL BATHURST, K.G.

ETC. ETC. ETC.

ONE OF HIS MAJESTY'S PRINCIPAL SECRETARIES OF STATE,

THE FOLLOWING WORK

IS,

WITH HIS LORDSHIP'S PERMISSION,

MOST RESPECTFULLY AND GRATEFULLY INSCRIBED,

BY HIS OBLIGED AND OBEDIENT

HUMBLE SERVANT,

THE EDITOR.