Outback
The Discovery of Australia's Interior
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2009
Woodslane Pty Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-921203-92-3 (ISBN)
Woodslane Pty Ltd (Verlag)
978-1-921203-92-3 (ISBN)
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In 1800, while the coast of Australia had finally been charted, the vast interior of the continent lay all undiscovered. By 1874, its lands had been all but won. This book gathers together the stories of those intrepid explorers who, often against great odds, on journeys of months or even years, forged routes to enable the country's development.
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.
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.
Derek Parker has been an editor and a critic, and is the author of eight previous biographies. He has co-authored with his wife Julia another 28 titles on various subjects, from astrology to travel.
Acknowledgements
Metric Conversation Table
List of Illustrations
Introduction
One: In the Beginning
Two: The Great Inland Sea
Three: Mapping the Rivers
Four: Australian Morning
Five: The Heroic Heart
Six: What for do you walk?
Seven: The Heart of the Dark Continent
Eight: Seven Months Underground
Nine: To the Very Centre
Ten: Unburied as I lie
Eleven: The Last Australian Explorer; Envoi
Maps
Notes
Bibliography
Index
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 22.9.2009 |
|---|---|
| Verlagsort | Mona Vale |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Themenwelt | Reisen ► Reiseberichte ► Australien / Neuseeland / Ozeanien |
| Geisteswissenschaften ► Geschichte ► Regional- / Ländergeschichte | |
| ISBN-10 | 1-921203-92-7 / 1921203927 |
| ISBN-13 | 978-1-921203-92-3 / 9781921203923 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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