Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West and Western Australia, during the Years 1837, 38, and 39. / Volume 1 / / George Grey.

• Superior document: Cambridge library collection. History of Oceania
• VerfasserIn: Grey, George,
• Place / Publishing House: Place of publication not identified : : publisher not identified,, 1841.; Cambridge : : Cambridge University Press
• Year of Publication: 1841
• Language: English
• Series: Cambridge library collection. History of Oceania.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (452 pages) :; digital, PDF file(s).
• Notes: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Other title: Journals of Two Expeditions of Discovery in North-West & Western Australia, during the Years 1837, 38, & 39
• ISBN: 1139175440
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: George Grey.

Educated at Sandhurst, Sir George Grey (1812-98) became Governor of South Australia when he was not yet thirty. Later he served as Governor of New Zealand and High Commissioner for South Africa, and in the 1870s he enjoyed a period as Premier of New Zealand. Although he liked to portray himself as 'good Governor Grey' some of his contemporaries found him ruthless and manipulative. Like many other Victorian administrators, he was convinced that the 'savage' natives needed to be 'raised' properly in order to become more like Europeans. In this 1841 publication, Grey writes about two expeditions to North-West Australia that took place under his leadership in 1837-9. In Volume 1, he tells of the difficulties that the expedition encountered while seeking a site for settlement, including an incident when the spear of a 'coloured man' wounded him and he shot the 'wretched savage'.