Outback : the discovery of Australia's interior / Derek Parker
- Bib ID:
- 4201480
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Parker, Derek
- Description:
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- Stroud, England : Sutton Publishing, c2007
- xvi, 239 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps, ports. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
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- 9780750942980
- 9780750948210
- Summary:
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In 1800, while the coast of Australia had finally been charted, the vast interior of the continent from north to south and east to west lay undiscovered. This book is a collection of stories of those intrepid explorers who beat starvation, inadequate information, disease and loss, to forge a route which would enable the country's development.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-230) and index.
- Subject:
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- Settlement and contacts - Explorers - Aboriginal guides
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Race relations - Violent
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- 19th century
- Australia -- History -- 19th century
- Victoria (Vic)
- South Australia (SA)
- Kata Tjuta / Olgas (South Central NT SG52-08)
- Western Australia (WA)
- River Murray (SW NSW, N Vic, SE SA SI54, SI55)
- New South Wales (NSW)
- Northern Territory (NT)
- Lake Boga (NW Vic SI54-16)
- Copyright:
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2007
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