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Where is Dr Leichhardt? : the greatest mystery in Australian history / Darrell Lewis.
Van Pelt Library DU115.2.L44 L49 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Lewis, Darrell (Darrell J.), author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Leichhardt, Ludwig, 1813-1848.
- Leichhardt Expedition (1848).
- Explorers--Australia--Biography.
- Explorers.
- Australia.
- Australia--Discovery and exploration.
- Discoveries in geography.
- Genre:
- Biographies.
- Physical Description:
- 415 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Clayton, Vic. : Monash University Publishing, [2013]
- Summary:
- The vast deserts of outback Australia hold many secrets, but there's one great mystery which stands out among all others - the mystery of the lost Leichhardt expedition. In April 1848 Ludwig Leichhardt and six other men set out westward from the Queensland frontier, heading for the Swan River settlement in Western Australia. They never arrived. Somewhere in the immensity of the outback, then almost completely unknown to Europeans, the entire expedition disappeared. For more than 160 years supposed clues to the fate of the expedition have been discovered - human skeletons, old guns, rock paintings, Aboriginal stories of white men being massacred or perishing of thirst, trees marked 'L' or old wagon tracks beyond the frontier. Official and private expeditions have followed up leads, but nothing conclusive has been found. This book draws together and summarises all the search expeditions, assesses the validity of all the claimed 'Leichhardt' relics and the various theories proposed, and attempts to answer the perplexing question, Where is Dr Leichhardt? Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Part 1 The Northern Route
- 1 Central Queensland 3
- 2 The Gulf and Roper River Country 81
- 3 The Tanami-Victoria River Region 135
- Part 2 The East-West Route
- 4 The South and South-East Simpson 197
- 5 The North-East and North Simpson 251
- 6 Western Australia 313
- 7 Discussion 349.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 385-397) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the William E. Lingelbach Fund.
- ISBN:
- 1921867760
- 9781921867767
- OCLC:
- 828488957
- Publisher Number:
- 99954530220
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