The great day appeared to Diamantina to be long in coming, but, like other days, it came at last.
Diamantina was very fond of being on the river, and she was delighted at this chance of delighting her tastes.
At a point known as Diamantina Gates it finds an exit through a narrow gorge in a low range.
In many cases, the watercourses which he thought to be independent creeks, are but ana-branches of the Diamantina.
In company with W. Landsborough, in 1866, he explored and named the Diamantina and other western rivers.