In 1800, while the coast of Australia had finally been charted, the vast interior of the continent, and routes across its deserts and mountains from north to south and east to west lay all undiscovered. By 1874, its lands had been all but won. Derek Parkers new and exciting book gathers together the stories of those intrepid explorers who, often against great odds, on journeys of months or even years, beat starvation, inadequate information and mapping, disease and loss, to forge routes which would enable the countrys development. From early explorers, who were generally escaped convicts, to the son of a Lincolnshire surgeon who coined the name Australia; from explorers Major Mitchell, who slaughtered aborigines, to Sir George Grey, who learnt their language, recorded their culture and came to love and understand them; and from the greatest overland expedition in Australian history in 1844 to continued failed attempts to find a mythical inland sea, this is a fascinating read.
- ISBN:
- 9781921203923
- 9781921203923
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Category:
- Expeditions
- Format:
- Paperback
- Publication Date:
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22-09-2009
- Publisher:
- Woodslane Pty Ltd
- Country of origin:
- Australia
- Pages:
- 240
- Dimensions (mm):
- 198x130mm
- Weight:
- 0.39kg
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