No. II.
OFFICIAL REPORT TO THE COLONIAL GOVERNMENT.
GOVERNMENT ORDER.
Colonial Secretary's Office, Sydney,
May 10, 1830.
His Excellency the Governor has much satisfaction in publishing the following report of the proceedings of an expedition undertaken for the purpose of tracing the course of the river “Morumbidgee,” and of ascertaining whether it communicated with the coast forming the southern boundary of the colony.
The expedition, which was placed under the direction of Captain Sturt, of his Majesty's 39th Regiment, commenced its progress down the “Morumbidgee” on the 7th day of January last, having been occupied twenty-one days in performing the journey from Sydney.
On the 14th January they entered a new river running from east to west, now called the “Murray,” into which the “Morumbidgee” flows.
After pursuing the course of the “Murray” for several days, the expedition observed another river (supposed to be
that which Captain Sturt discovered on his former expedition), uniting with the “Murray” which they examined about five miles above the junction.