He knew the difficulty of travelling country like that Mr.Forrest had come across, as several of Mr.Stuart's party had travelled upon it trying to strike the Victoria River.

If Mr.John Chambers's liberality were known, and the way he had entered into the question of exploration generally were known, his name would be brought into more prominence than it had.

He had sat in the background, but he had found both money and energy.
The Honourable W.Everard (Commissioner of Crown Lands) said the toast he had to give was The Government and People of Western Australia.

Owing to a variety of circumstances, our relations with Western Australia had not been so intimate or close as those with the eastern colonies.

That would be readily understood, because Western Australia, being a small colony, and self-reliant and independent, had troubled us very little -- occasionally for a few tons of flour or a cargo of notions.