QUEENSLAND'S GERMAN CONNECTIONS - PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE

“Now deserving the appellation of a ‘River’”

“We travelled along the valley of the river about ten miles, in a west-northerly course; our latitude of this day being 26 degrees 3 minutes 44 seconds. Fine box and apple-tree flats were on both sides of the creek, now deserving the appellation of a ‘River,’ and which I called the ‘Dawson,’ in acknowledgment of the kind support

I received from R. Dawson, Esq., of Black Creek, Hunter’s River.”

Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia: From Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a Distance of Upwards of 3000 Miles, During the Years 1844 - 1845 – by Ludwig Leichhardt (1813 - 1848)

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