EXPEDITION 



TO 



THE RIVER DARLING. 

 IN 183o. 



CHAPTER I. 



Supposed course of the Darling — Mr. Dixon's survey of the Bogan — Expedition 

 postponed — Description of the Boat-carriage~Number and description of 

 the party — Expedition leaves Paramatta — My departure from Sydney — 

 Western part of Cumberland— County of Cook— The Blue Mountains — 

 Weatherboard Inn— Mounts Hay and Toniah — River Grose — Early attempts 

 to trace it upwards — Intended Tunnel — Pass of Mount Victoria — Advantages 

 of convict labour — Country of Mulgoey — Emu plains— Township — General 

 arrangement of towns and villages — The mountain road — Vale of Clwyd — 

 Village reserve— Granite formation — Farmer's Creek — River Cox aiid in- 

 tended bridge— Mount Walker — Solitary Creek — Honeysuckle Hill — Stony 

 Range — Plains of Bathurst — The town — Inconvenience of want of arrange- 

 ment in early colonization— Small farmers — Intended bridge — Departure 

 from Bathurst — Charley Booth — Road to Buree — Canobolas — Arrival at the 

 camp of the party. 



On returning- to Sydney from the banks of the Karaula, 

 my attention was immediately drawn to other duties, and 

 especially to those of the department of roads and bridges, 

 which had also been placed under my direction. 



I did, however, entertain liopes, that I should be permitted 

 at a subsequent period, to continue my journey towards the 

 north-Avest. 



In May 1833, the local authorities were informed, that 

 His Majesty's Government judged it expedient, an expedition 

 should be undertaken to explore the course of the River 



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