An Illustrated treasury of Australian epic journeys / selected by Anthony Barker
- Bib ID:
- 288013
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
-
- South Melbourne : Macmillan Australia, 1990
- 288 p. : ill., maps, ports. ; 27 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0732903289
- Summary:
-
Reference to Aborigines in extracts from Cook journey in the Endeavour, escape by William and Mary Bryan from Port Jackson to Kupang, the overland journey by survivors of ship Sydney Cove; the first crossing of the Blue Mountains; Sturts journey along the Murray; Eyres overland journey from Fowlers Bay to Albany with Aboriginal guide Wylie; Leichhardts expedition to Port Essington; the steamboat race between Randell and Cadell along the Murray; Burke and Wills expedition; walk by Morrison from Normanton to Melbourne in 1882; Daisy Bates droving trip to Windell area, WA; cycling journey by Birtles; first crossing of Australia by car; journey to tip of Cape York by car in 1928 and camel crossing by Robyn Davidson.
- Notes:
-
- Spine title: Australian epic journeys.
- Bibliography: p. 283-285.
- Subject:
-
- Adventure and adventurers -- Australia -- History
- Voyages and travels -- History
- Animals - Mammals - Camels
- Transport - Vehicles
- Occupations - Pastoral industry workers
- Australia -- Pictorial works
- Normanton (Qld Gulf SE54-07)
- Fowlers Bay (West SA SH53-13)
- Cape York Peninsula (Qld SC54, SD54, SD55)
- Sydney (NSW SI56-05)
- Melbourne (Vic SJ55-05)
- Blue Mountains (W Sydney NSW SI56-05)
- Port Essington (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Cadell River (Central Arnhem Land SD53-02)
- Albany / King George Sound (SW WA SI50-11, SI50-15)
- Other authors/contributors:
- Barker, A. W. (Anthony Wilhelm), 1930-
- Also Titled:
- Australian epic journeys
- Copyright:
-
In Copyright
You may copy under some circumstances, for example you may copy a portion for research or study. Order a copy through Copies Direct to the extent allowed under fair dealing. Contact us for further information about copying.
Copyright status was determined using the following information:
- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1990
Copyright status may not be correct if data in the record is incomplete or inaccurate. Other access conditions may also apply. For more information please see: Copyright in library collections.
Request this item
Request this item to view in the Library’s reading room.
Feedback
Similar items
- Sydney Cove / by J. H. M. Abbott
- Ratbags / Keith Dunstan ; with a foreword by Barry Humphries
- Im australischen busch / Friedrich Gerstäcker
- A field guide to Aboriginal rock engravings : with special reference to those around Sydney / Peter Stanbury & John Clegg with poems by David Campbell
- The Natural history of Sydney / published by the Trustees of the Australian Museum, Sydney