The History of Australian Exploration
From 1788 to 1888

COMPILED FROM STATE DOCUMENTS, PRIVATE PAPERS AND THE MOST AUTHENTIC SOURCES OF INFORMATION. ISSUED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE GOVERNMENT OF THE AUSTRALIAN COLONIES.

Ernest Favenc - 1888

Dedication

 

TO

THE HON. SIR HENRY PARKES, G.C.M.G., C.C.I., M.P.,

AS

THE OLDEST RULING STATESMAN IN AUSTRALIA,

AND IN THE

PRESENT CENTENARY YEAR

THE PREMIER OF NEW SOUTH WALES,

THE MOTHER COLONY,

FROM WHENCE FIRST STARTED THOSE EXPLORATIONS

BY LAND AND SEA,

WHICH HAVE RESULTED IN THROWING OPEN TO THE NATIONS OF THE

WORLD A NEW CONTINENT,

NOW RAPIDLY DEVELOPING, UNDER FREE CONSTITUTIONS,

A

PROSPEROUS, CONTENTED, AND SELF-GOVERNING COMMUNITY,

THIS

HISTORY OF AUSTRALIAN EXPLORATION

IS DEDICATED.

ERNEST FAVENC, SYDNEY, 1888.

26/06/2006

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