Dr Adoniah Vallack was well known in Australia, especially in Sydney, in 1848-49. He had played a vital part in the aftermath of Edmund Kennedy's ill-fated expedition to explore the coast of Queensland up to Cape York. Recruited as the expedition's doctor, Vallack had arranged to join the 13 others at Port Albany. In this he was fortunate since only Galmarra, the Aboriginal tracker, made it that far. Vallack led the rescue of the two other survivors and reported Galmarra's extraordinary story. Books have recorded these momentous events, but none has explored where Vallack came from or what became of him. He was Cornish-born and had lived for a decade at Singleton in the Hunter Valley, where he was known for his medical skills, community spirit and concern for the well-being of Aborigines. Immediately after the Kennedy expedition he left for California, where he sent reports to the Australian press of the gold rush of 1849-50. He returned for the Victorian gold rush but soon travelled again, this time to Canada, where he was involved in the mystery surrounding the murder of a government official in the years leading to Union of the provinces in 1867.
By:
Malcolm Cross Country of Publication: Australia Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 10mm
Weight: 259g ISBN:9781925801866 ISBN 10: 1925801861 Publication Date:04 July 2019 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
