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Daily National Intelligencer
Washington, District Of Columbia
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Discovery of the Macquarrie River in New South Wales interior, described as first magnitude, running through rich soil, limestone, slate, and timber country, offering communication for colonization progress. Surveyor General reports highly; Lachlan River ends in marshes after 1200 miles.
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A fortunate discovery has been made in New South Wales. A river, called the Macquarrie, of the first magnitude, has been found in the interior, running through a most beautiful country, rich in soil, limestone, slate, and good timber.
A means of communication like this has long been anxiously searched for without success, and many began to entertain an apprehension that the progress of colonization in New Holland would be confined to its coasts.
The Surveyor General speaks of it in the highest terms, and when he quitted its course it was northerly; he was then in 32 45 south latitude, and 148 58 east longitude. He had pursued the course of another river, called the Lachlan, which terminates among unhealthy marshes—but it is 1200 miles in its winding length, passing through a low, unpleasant country.
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New South Wales
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discovery provides means of communication for interior colonization, alleviating fears of coastal confinement; lachlan river spans 1200 miles but ends in unhealthy marshes.
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A river called the Macquarrie, of the first magnitude, found in the interior running through beautiful country rich in soil, limestone, slate, and good timber. Long searched for without success. Surveyor General praises it highly; left its northerly course at 32 45 south latitude, 148 58 east longitude. Previously pursued Lachlan River, which terminates in unhealthy marshes after 1200 miles through low, unpleasant country.