Excerpt from Historical Records of Australia, Vol. 19: Series I., Governors' Despatches to and From England, July, 1837-January, 1839During this period, the geographical knowledge of the colony was extended by Ludwig Leichhardt during his journey from Moreton bay to Port Essington, by Sir Thomas Mitchell during his attempt to find an overland route to the gulf of Carpentaria and by Charles Sturt in central Australia when he discovered Cooper's creek.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.