. Australia's greatest need : with an introductory note by the Archbishop of Brisbane. HOBART SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. STEAMER TOWING A BARGE LOADED WITH WHEAT OR WOOL ON THEMURRAY RIVER The unfolding of the Land 21 moment four of these friendly blacks camerunning along the opposite bank, to thepoint of danger. Their leader threw him-self into the river, waded on to the spit ofsand, violently pushed back the foremostof the enemy and began a wild jabberof angry deprecations, which eventuallyturned the bloodthirsty crowd into a packof laughing children. These dangerous incidents, however,were mer
. Australia's greatest need : with an introductory note by the Archbishop of Brisbane. HOBART SEVENTY-FIVE YEARS AGO. STEAMER TOWING A BARGE LOADED WITH WHEAT OR WOOL ON THEMURRAY RIVER The unfolding of the Land 21 moment four of these friendly blacks camerunning along the opposite bank, to thepoint of danger. Their leader threw him-self into the river, waded on to the spit ofsand, violently pushed back the foremostof the enemy and began a wild jabberof angry deprecations, which eventuallyturned the bloodthirsty crowd into a packof laughing children. These dangerous incidents, however,were mere child-play to the heart-breakingdrudgery of the return journey. To rowa thousand miles on starvation rationsagainst stream beneath the blaze of anAustralian sun, was an achievement ascourageous as it was uninspiring, and it isthe bare truth to say that when all theglamour has been removed from the storyof Australian exploration, the ghastlydrudgery that underlay it is the moststriking feature of the whole. Sturts discovery opened the road forcompleting the geographical knowledge ofthis part of the country, and
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