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1606: An Epic Adventure
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Until 1606 the Great South Land was a mystery to Europeans. When Dutchman Willem Janszoon, captain of the 'Duyfken', landed at Cape York 400 years ago he thought he was ...
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An Island Unto Itself: William Dampier and New Holland
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The biography and history of W. Dampier, his times and exploration in WA 1688-1699.
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Australia Twice Traversed
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In 1872 Ernest Giles set out to explore Central Australia, and was subsequently inspired to cross Australia from east to west in 1875-76. This is a record of these historic ...
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Collins Tracing Your Family History
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The new, fully-updated edition of 'Collins Tracing Your Family History' is the definitive handbook for anyone interested in tracing their English family's past. This reference guide is the indispensable companion for all who are seeking a reliable, one-source volume to use ...
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Daniel Solander: Collected Correspondence 1753-1782
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Daniel Solander, the 18th century Swedish naturalist and traveller was a pioneer of the scientific study of natural history and one of the earliest collectors in New Holland.P For many ...
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Dead Heart of Australia
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Written in 1909 'The Dead Heart of Australia' was written by J.W. Gregory, a Professor of Geology, for the purpose of studying the interior of South-eastern Australia and the conditions of Lake Eyre.
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Discovering the Great South Land
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This is the story of the evolution of the sailing ships that gradually linked Australia to Europe. This book explains how the navigational problems of Australia's huge coastline ...
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Ernest Giles: Explorer and Traveller 1835-1897
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Between 1872 and 1876 Ernest Giles led 5 expeditions into Australia's western
interior, during which he discovered more land than any other explorer of this
continent.p
Fiercely individualistic and fdriven by ...
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Expeditions in Western Australia 1837-1839
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Facsimile. This classic of WA exploration, details Grey's discoveries and is essential for historical studies. It contains extensive details of natural history, aboriginal life, culture, and language etc. Grey's party ...
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Explorations in Australia: The Journals of John McDouall Stuart 1858-1862
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The Preface to this second editions starts off: 'The explorations of John McDouall Stuart may truly be said, without disparaging his brother explorers, to be amongst the most ...
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Exploring Expedition Through the Interior of Australia 1844
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In 1844 Ludwig Leichardt led his first expedition to Port Essington in the Northern Territory. Complete with details of the route traveled, and what they saw, this publication recounts the journey.
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Exploring the South Land: Tasmania Emerges from Terra Australis Incognita
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This book documents, by means of a sequence of historical maps, the emergence of knowledge over 400 years from the time that the navigators began probing south, until the current outline of Tasmania ...
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Geographic Travels in Central Australia from 1872-1874
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The book consists of Giles' diaries kept during his first two expeditions from central Australia, (i.e. the area around Ayres Rock, now Uluru), west in search of a route ...
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Ill-Starred Captains: Flinders and Baudin
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Amid the Napoleonic Wars (1793-1815), France and Britain dispatched rival voyages of discovery to complete the mapping of Australia and 'advance the limits of science'. Led by naval captains Nicolas ...
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In the Far North-East: A Scientific Expedition 1916
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Written by Captain S.A. White in 1916, the leader of a scientific expedition he undertook for the Museum. Narrated in a form similar to that of a diary, and gives an account of the experiences he had during the Museum Expedition and describes the interior of the country and what is found there ...
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Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia
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Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell arrived in Sydney, having accepted the position of Assistant Surveyor-General in New South Wales. Between 1831 and 1864 he led four expeditions. The journal of his last is described here.
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Landsborough's Expedition in Search of Burke and Wills
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This product provides a great tool for researching the early land expeditions of Australia ...
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Mawson: A Life
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In the heroic age of polar exploration, Sir Douglas Mawson stands in the first rank. His Antarctic expeditions of 1911-14 and 1929-31 resulted in Australia's claiming 40% of the sixth ...
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Mr Stuart's Track: The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest Explorer
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On 14 May 1858, an expedition of discovery led by John McDouall Stuart departed from a copper mine located on the very edge of the known world in the North Flinders Ranges. The Australian continent stretched for another 2000 kilometres to the north and 2500 to the west and no white man had the slightest
idea of what was there.
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Narrative of an Expendition Into Central Australia
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Charles Sturt's expedition from Adelaide into the interior of the continent - he reached a point in the Simpson Desert within 120 miles of the centre - was of ...
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Nature's Argonaut: Daniel Solander 1733-1782
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Nature's Argonaut: Daniel Solander 1733-1782 Nature's Argonaut is the first full biography of this important eighteenth century naturalist who now only circled the globe under sail but ranged as far north ...
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On Austral Shores: A Modern Traveller's Guide to the European Exploration of the Coasts of Vicotiran and New South Wales
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Part Australian history, part travel guide, this unique book takes the reader on a journey to rediscover those features, on or near the shores of New South Wales and Victoria, which were described and named by the early explorers. This book provides directions on how to reach nearly 200 exploration sites by road or on foot ...
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Pioneers of the Pacific: Voyages of Exploration 1787-1810
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When Captain Cook died on Hawaii on 1779, Britain was already at war with France and Spain, who had allied themselves with her rebellion American subjects. The new ...
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Sea of Dangers: Captain Cook and His Rivals
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Two ships set out in search of a missing continent: the St Jean-Baptiste, a French merchant ship commanded by Jean de Surville, and the Endeavour, a small British naval vessel captained by James Cook. In 'Sea of Dangers', Geoffrey Blainey tells the story of these rival ships and the men who sailed in them. Just before Christmas 1769, the two captains were almost close enough to see one another - and yet they did not know of each other's existence ...
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Somewhat Perilous: The Journeys of Singleton, Parr, Howe, Myles and Blaxland in the Northern Blue Mountains
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From 1817 to 1824 European explorers struggled to find ways from Windsor to the Hunter Valley. They had to cross the Northern Blue Mountains, now partly occupied by ...
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South Australian Records Prior to 1841
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'South Australian Records Prior to 1841' contains records, information and a brief history about the individuals who discovered, explored and named parts of South Australia. Rating a mention are: Grant, Flinders, Sturt and Barker and others ...
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Spinifex and Sand
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First hand account of the Coolgardie gold rush, the suffering of the prospectors, great gold discoveries, his own long march with typhoid fever, the desert tribes, the constant search for water ...
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Sturt's Desert Drama
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1844 - A motley party under Charles Sturt sets out to penetrate Australia’s mysterious Centre. The massive, unwieldy expedition plods up the Murray, dragging along a whaleboat in the hopes of finding an inland sea. ... 'No-one who reads this book will view Charles Sturt or Australian exploration in the same light again.'
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Surveying New South Wales: The Pathfinders
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This is a record of thousands of Surveyors who had been “Appointed, Licensed or Registered” in the Colony or State of New South Wales since 1788 to the present time and to investigate their history. Containing about 6,530 pages of information on the Surveyors ...
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Terra Australis Incognita: The Spanish Quest for the Mysterious Great South Land
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In October 1606, the great Spanish navigator Luis Baez de Torres took two vessels through the waters that divide the land masses of New Guinea and Australia. In a journey of great adventure, courage and hardship, he was the first European to sail through today's Torres Strait ...
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The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe, Explorer
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"We none of us ate any salt meat, or anything that would tend to give us a thirst. We are now on what is called the 'Table-land', a flat piece ...
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The Forgotten Explorers: Pioneer Geologists of Western Australia 1826-1926
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This book is the first to give brief histories of all the main geologists who worked in this early period and mentions many others who had connections, albeit to a lesser extent, with the vital work of investigating the geology, landforms, soils and resources of Australia's largest state.
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The French Explorers and Sydney
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The early years of Sydney were witnessed by seven expeditions of French exploration between 1788 and 1831. This book contains previously unpublished translations of journals and records of these French explorers ...
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The Home of the Blizzard: The Story of the Australian Antarctic Expedition 1911-1914
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Outside the bowl of chaos was brimming with drift snow and, as I lay in the sleeping bag beside my dead companion, I wondered how I would manage to break ...
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The Last Explorer: Hubert Wilkins, Australia's Unknown Hero
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Most Australians would not recognise the name Hubert Wilkins ... his exploits happened before the power of television ensured the immortality of many lesser men. Born and raised in South ...
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The Lost Men: The Harrowing Story of Shackleton's Ross Sea Party
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In 1914, Sir Ernest Shackleton set forth to make history with the first ever crossing of the Antarctic continent.
Kelly Tyler-Lewis brings Antarctic exploration alive in this richly researched chronicle of a previously overshadowed expedition and its unforgettable participants
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The Rattlesnake: A Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea
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The epic, beautifully told story of a great nineteenth-century voyage of exploration, and of the ambitions and fears that propelled the pioneers during their four years on board.p ...
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Trial of the Cannibal Dog: Captain Cook in the South Seas
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Captain James Cook's three voyages to the South Seas are among the most astonishing expeditions in history - as he and his men circled the world, charting perilous tropical seas and icy Antarctic waters. Drawing on contemporary accounts, the author's vivid narrative weaves the stories ...
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Voyage to Australia and the Pacific 1791-1793
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In 1791 Admiral Bruny d'Entrecasteaux sailed with two ships from France to search for his compatriot, the explorer La Pérouse, who was missing in the Pacific.P Although d'Entrecasteaux failed to discover ...
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Voyages to the South Seas: In Search of Terres Australes
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At the turn of the eighteenth century, Australia might nominally have belonged to England, but it was France who knew her best. For the French, Australia and the Pacific were places of discovery, imagination ...
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