Publisher's Synopsis
Excerpt from The Physical Configuration of the Australian Continent
It may sound paradoxical to say so, but forty or fifty years ago, the average Australian knew more about the then settled portions of his continent than he does at present when so much more is settled and the facilities for interchange of communication are. Enormously greater. But men travelled then, and the nature of their surroundings was such, that they were compelled to notice and remember the country through which they passed, or in which they resided. The-y travel now, travel much more in fact, but it. Is from city to city, from town to town, from one populous centre to another, whirled along without any necessity to closely inspect the country they are passing over..
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