Sir Thomas Mitchell

“We had at length discovered a country ready for the immediate reception of civilized man and destined perhaps to become eventually a portion of a great empire.”

“I gave the name of Australia Felix to these regions; and I am sure that a land more favourable for colonisation could not be found.”

“The heat was intense, and the flies were a perfect pest.”

“The sextant and the compass were my constant companions.”

“We had traversed a country where no white man had ever been before.”

“My grand object was to trace the course of the Darling.”

“The river, which I have named the Glenelg, is the finest I have seen in Australia.”

“The importance of water in this arid country cannot be overstated.”

“I was determined to solve the riddle of the rivers.”

“Such is the country, such are the rivers, and such the inhabitants of the vast interior of Australia.”

“I have ever since been convinced that the aborigines of that country are a much-injured people.”

“Every day we passed over land which for pasture is not probably surpassed by any in the world.”

“The boomerang is a formidable weapon.”