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  • Plenty of grass and salt-bush, with gravel, ironstone, and lime on the surface.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • This range is very stony, composed of a hard milky-white flint stone, and white and yellow chalky substance, with a gradual descent on the other side to the south, which is the finest salt-bush country that I have seen, with a great quantity of grass upon it.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • For three miles, on the top of a stony rise, the country is poor (stones on the top of gypsum deposit), but after that it gradually improves, and towards the creek it becomes a good salt-bush country.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • To the east, in some places, it is stony, with salt-bush, and many broad well-grassed valleys coming from the Mount Kingston range.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • The country, before we struck the creek, was good salt-bush country, with a plentiful supply of grass.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • Travelled over a fair salt-bush and grass country, with stones on the surface.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • The country round is slightly undulating; numerous small creeks running to the eastward, with a deal of grass and salt-bush.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • The country today is good on both sides of the creek, a good salt-bush country with plenty of grass, but rather stony.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • The country travelled over was fine salt-bush country, but there was no water on our course, although we disturbed numerous pigeons and other birds.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

  • Neale, spread over a large grassy plain four miles broad, and ascended a low ridge of table-topped hills, stony, with salt-bush and grassed.

    The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 2007

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