We saw many kangaroos to the eastward of Mount pluto, but could not get a shot at any.
"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
I found a fine open forest between the ponds where we had formerly passed the night, and Mount pluto; and we crossed several water-courses, the grass on their banks being green and young, because the old grass had been burnt off by the natives.
"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
This day we hoped to rejoin the party at the camp of the Pyramids; but the journey was long, and it included an ascent of Mount pluto, from which I had still to observe some important angles.
"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