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John Oxley's main problem, unlike later explorers, was encountering too much water. He followed the Macquarie and Lachlan Rivers in 1817 and was continually obstructed by swampland and waterholes, as it was a flood year. As a result, Oxley concluded that the countryside was useless, even though it is now valuable pasture and grazing land.

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