Now it is evident that a little insight into the customs of every people is necessary to insure a kindly communication; this, joined with patience and kindness, will seldom fail with the natives of the interior.
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We had been unable to persuade any of the natives of Wellington Valley to accompany us as guides, on our leaving that settlement.Charles Sturt
In a colony constituted like that of New South Wales, the proportion of crime must of course be great.
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I did not feel myself equal either to the task or the responsibility of venturing any remarks on the Colony of New South Wales itself.
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If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country.
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Australia is properly speaking an island, but it is so much larger than every other island on the face of the globe, that it is classed as a continent in order to convey to the mind a just idea of its magnitude.
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I had no inducement to proceed further into the interior. I had been sufficiently disappointed in the termination of this excursion, and the track before me was still less inviting.
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