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Burke & Wills : from Melbourne to myth / Tim Bonyhady
Bib ID 102572
Format BookBook
Author
Bonyhady, Tim, 1957-
 
Description Canberra : National Library of Australia, 2002. 
v, 49 p. : col. ill., map ; 24 cm. 
ISBN 0642107483 (pbk.)  0642107483 :  0642107483 (pbk.) : 
Summary

Catalogue of an exhibition examinining the explorers' place in Australian culture and including an array of material collected and produced by the expedition and its search parties (diaries, letters and paintings, birds and plants, hair and bones, clothing, weapons, food and narcotics). Explores the transformation of the expedition through the work of Australian artists.

Notes

Includes bibliographical references.

Subjects Burke, Robert O'Hara, - 1821-1861 - Exhibitions.  |  Wills, William John, - 1834-1861 - Exhibitions.  |  Burke and Wills Expedition, - (1860-1861) - Exhibitions.  |  Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861) in art.  |  Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861) in literature.  |  Australia - Discovery and exploration - 1851-1900 - Exhibitions.
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