 The boat went up the large river I have spoken of, which comes from the east, and, I am glad to state, about six miles up found the river all good water and very deep. This will be the place for a village.  Port Phillip Settlement - Page 191by James Bonwick - 1883 - 537 pagesFull view - About this book
 | James Bonwick - 1867
...the rivers, where the tide had now risen up to our ankles." On the Monday there is this entry: — " The wind foul this morning for Indented Head. We tried,...and I am glad to state, about six miles up found the ri*er all good water and very deep. THIS WILL HE THE PLACE FOll A VILLAGE." Can we wonder at the editor... | |
 | James Bonwick - 1867 - 105 pages
...the rivers, where the tide had now risen up to our ankles." On the Monday there is this entry: — " The wind foul this morning for Indented Head. We tried,...the river. The boat went up the large river I have s^joken of, which comes from the east, and I am glad to state, about six miles up found the river all... | |
 | James Bonwick - 1868 - 105 pages
...ankles." On the Monday there is this entry:— " The wind foul this morning for Indented Head. AVe tried, but could not get out of the river. The boat went up the large river I hare spoken of, which comes from the east, and I am glad to state, about six miles up found the river... | |
 | George William Rusden - 1872 - 56 pages
...boat was taken up the " much larger river," the Tarra Yarra. His journal states, " 8th June, Monday. The boat went up the large river I have spoken of,...very deep. This will be the place for a village." Thus having, as he thought, secured the land from Queenscliff to Richmond, with a north-easterly extension... | |
 | Pamela Statham - History - 1990 - 388 pages
...to it, but when next day, 8 June, he wanted to sail for Van Diemen's Land he found that the wind was 'foul this morning for Indented Head. We tried but could not get out of the river'. So, he went on: The boat went up the large river I have spoken of which comes from the east [ie the... | |
 | John H. Chambers - Travel - 2002 - 347 pages
...found the Maribyrnong and Yarra Rivers, and he wrote in his diary the following words about the Yarra River: The boat went up the large river I have spoken of which conies from the east, and I am glad to state, about six miles up found the river all good water and... | |
 | A. G. L. Shaw - History - 2003 - 368 pages
...Rebecca s boat, and this took him down to the anchored vessel. To his annoyance, he could not sail. 'The wind foul this morning for Indented Head. We tried but could not get out of the river', he wrote on 8 June. So 'the boat went up the large river . . . and ... 1 am glad to state about six... | |
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