Sleep Story 241 – South Australia and Western Australia
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The Mystery of the Murray
Captain Sturt, with a few companions, started on his journey, carrying with him a boat in detached pieces. In 1829-1830 he and his companions made their way down the Maranbiji, till that large river joined a still greater stream, which he first called the Murray. From the bend the Murray run south, and from henceforth it waters a territory, which is now a part of the province or colony of South Australia. As he went he was accompanied along the banks by tribes of natives, who if not absolutely hostile were astonished, suspicious, and irascible,. why they did not surround and destroy him and his little party we can hardly conceive.
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