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traverse a large loop, heading northeasterly then south westerly, westerly and back to his starting point. Beginning on 8 July 1818 in the north-easterly direction, he first crossed the
Castlereagh River around Combara, between Gulargambone and Coonamble. The party then continued on a shallow north-easterly direction until reaching the foothills of the
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found it difficult to positively prove the accusations with a general loose attitude to payments within that office. Arthur even supported Evans' request for a retirement pension. Evans returned to New South Wales about six years later and was shown as a stationer / bookseller in Bridge Street,
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seemingly unable to follow the further course of the
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a more southerly point than his first crossing, in an area between the future villages of
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area and further west near the junction of the now named Fish and
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