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Austin Expedition of 1854

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200: 39:, James Tatton Brockman Fraser (artist), Thomas Whitfield, James Guerin, Richard Buck, J. Edwards, W. Cant, Charles Farmer, and J. Woodward; and aboriginals Narryer, Wambinning, Wooddang and Souper. 92:, to make observations and collections of birds. Within the report of the expedition is a note on a "Ground Parrot", referring to Sanford's labelling of a bird skin that is assumed to be the 128: 241: 270: 265: 234: 67: 179: 280: 275: 55: 227: 36: 260: 47: 43: 89: 32: 124:"Report by Assistant Surveyor Robert Austin, of an Expedition to Explore the Interior of Western Australia" 98: 62:, but were driven back by heat, fatigue, lack of water, and the loss of a number of their horses at 145: 207: 28: 211: 170: 137: 180:
A handbook of the birds of Western Australia (with the exception of the Kimberley division)
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The expedition left Mumberkine, 23 kilometres (14 mi) north of
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The expedition reported large areas of land that were potentially
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was discovered and named. They intended to reach the coast at
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in 1854. Members of Austin's party comprised John Hardey,
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Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
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exploration
Western Australia
Robert Austin
Kenneth Brown
Northam
Northam
Mount Magnet
Shark Bay
Poison Rock
Murchison River
Port Gregory
gold
pastoral
William Ayshford Sanford
type specimen
Pezoporus occidentalis


"Report by Assistant Surveyor Robert Austin, of an Expedition to Explore the Interior of Western Australia"
Journal of the Royal Geographical Society of London
doi
10.2307/1798360
JSTOR
1798360
Serventy, D. L.
A handbook of the birds of Western Australia (with the exception of the Kimberley division)
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Western Australia
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expanding it

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