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The Morumbidgee, where we struck it, by its increased size, kept alive our anticipations of its ultimately leading us to some important point.
The fitting out of another expedition was accordingly determined upon; and about the end of September 1829, I received the Governor's instructions to make the necessary preparations for a second descent into the interior, for the purpose of tracing the Morumbidgee, or such rivers as it might prove to be connected with, as far as practicable.
The fattest cattle that supply the Sydney market are fed upon the rich flats, and in the grassy valleys of the Morumbidgee; and there are several beautiful farms upon those of the Doomot.
The Morumbidgee forms its N.E. boundary, and a creek rising on it, cuts off a third part on the western side, and runs away from the river in a southerly direction. This creek, even before it gets to the outskirts of the plains, assumes a considerable size.
They pointed to the N.N.W., and making a sweep with the arm raised towards the sky, seemed to intimate that a large sheet of water existed in that direction; and added that it communicated with the Morumbidgee more to the westward. This information confirmed still more my impressions with regard to Mr.
The great drought of 1813 The development of country by stocking Blaxland, Lawson, and Wentworth cross the Blue Mountains Reach the head of coast waters and return Surveyor Evans sent out Crosses the watershed and finds the Macquarie River Construction of road over the range Settlement of Bathurst Visit of Governor Macquarie Second expedition under Evans Discovery of the Lachlan River Surveyor-General Oxley explores the Lachlan Finds the river terminates in swamps Returns by the Macquarie His opinion of the interior Second expedition down the Macquarie Disappointment again Evans finds the Castlereagh Liverpool Plains discovered Oxley descends the range and finds Port Macquarie Returns to Newcastle-Currie and Ovens cross the Morumbidgee Brisbane Downs and Monaroo Hume and Hovell cross to Port Phillip Success of the expedition.
The attention of the government was, consequently, fixed upon the Morumbidgee, a river stated to be of considerable size and of impetuous current. Receiving its supplies from the lofty ranges behind Mount Dromedary, it promised to hold a longer course than those rivers which, depending on periodical rains alone for existence, had been found so soon to exhaust themselves.
From this point we turned our boat's head homewards; we made it, therefore, a fixed position among the stages into which we divided our journey. Our attention was now directed to the junction of the principal tributary, which we hoped to reach in twelve days, and anticipated a close to our labours on the Murray in eight days more from that stage to the Morumbidgee.
We then landed and pitched our tents for the night. Its transparent waters were running over a sandy bed at the rate of two-and-a-half knots an hour, and its banks, although averaging eighteen feet in height, were evidently subject to floods. We had not seen any natives since falling in with the last tribe on the Morumbidgee.
On the following morning, we started for the place at which it had been arranged that we should cross the Morumbidgee, but, though no more than five miles in a direct line from Whaby's house, in consequence of the irregularity of the ground, the drays did not reach it before noon. The weight and quantity of our stores being taken into consideration, the task we had before us was not a light one.
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