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Thomas J. Maslen, engraved by Charles Joseph Hullmandel, Sketch of the coasts of Australia and the supposed Entrance of the Great River, amended copy of map included in Maslen’s book The Friend of Australia, 1827. This map shows an imagined ‘Great River’ ending in a large delta in the centre of the continent. Subsequent exploration refuted this hypothesis, but this area was the site of the extensive Eromanga Sea in the Cretaceous Period, 110-100 million years ago, home to many creatures, including Kronosaurus.