This has a most extensive range; having been found at Moreton Bay by Mr. Backhouse, at brisbane River by Fraser and Smith, and in other parts of this colony by All.
"Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) by Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales"
Thomas Mitchell
The oft-recurring periods of drought, extending from brisbane in the north to Adelaide in the south, are now a fatal blight to agricultural enterprise.
"The Pearl of India"
Maturin M. Ballou
The Americans, who had publicly declared their independence on the 4th July 1776, had concluded a treaty with the French on the 13th March 1778, which was considered by the British government as a declaration of war; and the French ambassador being directed to withdraw, the following orders were issued to the squadron at Rhode Island by Commodore John brisbane, who had now taken the command: "By Captain John brisbane, Captain of H.M.S. Flora, and senior officer of his Majesty's ships and vessels at Newport, Rhode Island.
"Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I"
Sir John Ross