Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen's Land: Accompanied by a Geological Map, Sections and Diagrams, and Figures of the Organic Remains |
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... Mount Kosciuszko , Australian Alps Mount Dargal Mount Pinnabar Cowrang Creek ور دو - 1261 - 2242 1844 Strzelecki . 753 - 1223 - 6500 5490 - 4100 - 1350 Dividing range in the Omeo country Source of the Mitta - Mitta River Lake Omeo ...
... Mount Kosciuszko , Australian Alps Mount Dargal Mount Pinnabar Cowrang Creek ور دو - 1261 - 2242 1844 Strzelecki . 753 - 1223 - 6500 5490 - 4100 - 1350 Dividing range in the Omeo country Source of the Mitta - Mitta River Lake Omeo ...
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... Mount Kosciuszko is seen cresting the Australian Alps , in all the sublimity of mountain scenery . Its altitude reaches 6500 feet , and the view from its summit sweeps over 7000 square miles . Standing above the adjacent mountains which ...
... Mount Kosciuszko is seen cresting the Australian Alps , in all the sublimity of mountain scenery . Its altitude reaches 6500 feet , and the view from its summit sweeps over 7000 square miles . Standing above the adjacent mountains which ...
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... Mount Kosciuszko ( New South Wales ) . Eldon range , Ben Lomond , and Frenchman's Cap ( Van Diemen's Land ) . Var . 2. Glandular Granite . Composed of oval - shaped masses of granular mica , tabular quartz , and tabular felspar ...
... Mount Kosciuszko ( New South Wales ) . Eldon range , Ben Lomond , and Frenchman's Cap ( Van Diemen's Land ) . Var . 2. Glandular Granite . Composed of oval - shaped masses of granular mica , tabular quartz , and tabular felspar ...
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... mountain in that colony ( Mount Kosciuszko ) . In Bass's Straits , it is seen on Flinder's Island , Green Island , Mount Chappell , Pre- servation , and Clark's Island . In Van Diemen's Land , it forms the eastern coast , Eddystone ...
... mountain in that colony ( Mount Kosciuszko ) . In Bass's Straits , it is seen on Flinder's Island , Green Island , Mount Chappell , Pre- servation , and Clark's Island . In Van Diemen's Land , it forms the eastern coast , Eddystone ...
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... Mount Kosciuszko ( New South Wales ) . In Van Diemen's Land , its most remarkable locality is the dividing range , west of Lake St. Clair , Frenchman's Cap , and the spur which unites that mountain to the main ridge of the dividing ...
... Mount Kosciuszko ( New South Wales ) . In Van Diemen's Land , its most remarkable locality is the dividing range , west of Lake St. Clair , Frenchman's Cap , and the spur which unites that mountain to the main ridge of the dividing ...
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acids appears argillaceous atmosphere Australian barometer basalt Bass's Straits belonging Ben Lomond breccia Capacity for moisture Cape Portland Captain Carbonate Chemical Character clay slate coal coast colonies colour compact conglomerate contains deposits Diemen's Land dividing range eastern elevation eurite evaporation farm feet felspar Flinders fossil fracture genus geological Gould granite greenstone greywacke Hill hornblende Horsf hot wind inches Island Jerusalem Basin Lake latitude Launceston lime limestone locality Lomond Macquarie masses mica slate miles Morris Mount Cameron Mount Hay Mount Kosciuszko Mount Wellington mountain nearly numerous observations Plains porphyry Port Jackson Port Philip Port Stephen Power of absorption present quartz rock resembles ridge river sandstone shell sienite siliceous siliceous slate slaty soil solar rays South Wales Sowerby species specific gravity specimens Spirifer spur Stenopora strata structure surface survey temperature thermometer tion traces trachyte Vale valley Van Diemen's Land variety vegetation
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