Exploration of the North-West Coast of Australia, 1863.

Exploration of the North-West Coast of Australia, 1863, covers the expedition by Charles Cooke Hunt and Joseph Beete Ridley intended to find the southern entrance to the DeGrey River and to further explore the interior of the land. The expedition ended in the discovery of Mangrove Harbor, which later became Port Hedland. The author invites a reader to join him in the days when Australia was still an untouched land, and the very first steps of civilization were made.