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The Discovery of Australia's Interior

Derek Parker

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Woodslane
22 September 2009

History; Australasian & Pacific history; Expeditions

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.

By: Derek Parker
Imprint: Woodslane
Country of Publication: Australia
Dimensions: Height: 198mm, Width: 130mm,
Weight: 386g
ISBN: 9781921203923
ISBN 10: 1921203927
Pages: 240
Publication Date: 22 September 2009
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

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

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