APPENDIX 
NO. II. 
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No. II. 
OFFICIAL REPORT TO THE COLONIAL 
GOVERNMENT. 
GOVERNMENT ORDER. 
Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney, 
May 10, 1830. 
His Excellency the Governor has much satisfaction in 
publishing the following report of the proceedings of an 
expedition undertaken for the purpose of tracing the course 
of the river “ Morumbidgee,” and of ascertaining whether 
it communicated with the coast forming the southern boun- 
dary of the colony. 
The expedition, which was placed under the direction of 
Captain Sturt, of his Majesty’s 39th Regiment, commen- 
ced its progress down the “ Morumbidgee’ on the 7th day 
of January last, having been occupied twenty-one days in 
performing the journey from Sydney. 
On the 14th January they entered a new river running 
from east to west, now called the “ Murray,” into which 
the “ Morumbidgee” flows. 
After pursuing the course of the “ Murray’ for several 
days, the expedition observed another river (supposed to be 
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