26 Quotes by Charles Sturt

If we strike a line to the N.W. from Sydney to Wellington Valley, we shall find that little change takes place in the geological features of the country.

We had been unable to persuade any of the natives of Wellington Valley to accompany us as guides, on our leaving that settlement.

I did not feel myself equal either to the task or the responsibility of venturing any remarks on the Colony of New South Wales itself.

It is not, perhaps, generally known that a committee has been formed in Sydney, to advise settlers as to the best mode of proceeding on arrival there.

We left Oxley's Table Land on the morning of the 31st of January, pursuing a northern course through the brush and across a large plain, moving parallel to the smaller hill, and keeping it upon our left.

The most serious disadvantages under which the colony of New South Wales labours, is in the drought to which it is periodically subject.

The greatest disadvantage under which New South Wales labours, is the want of means for conveying inland produce to the market, or to the coast.

The staple of our Australian colonies, but more particularly of New South Wales, the climate and the soil of which are peculiarly suited to its production, – is fine wool.