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Burke & Wills : the scientific legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition / edited by E.B. Joyce and D.A. McCann.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Desert animals--Australia.
- Desert animals.
- Desert ecology--Australia.
- Desert ecology.
- Aboriginal Australians.
- Natural history--Australia.
- Natural history.
- Natural history--Australia--History.
- Ethnology--Australia--History.
- Ethnology.
- Science--Australia--History.
- Science.
- Scientific expeditions--Australia.
- Scientific expeditions.
- Australia--Description and travel.
- Australia.
- Australia--Discovery and exploration.
- Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1821-1861.
- Burke, Robert O'Hara.
- Wills, William John, 1834-1861.
- Wills, William John.
- Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861).
- Burke and Wills Expedition.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (369 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Pub. ; Melbourne : Published in association with the State Library of Victoria, 2011.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Reveals for the first time the true extent and limits of the scientific achievements of the Burke and Wills Expedition.
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Foreword Peter Thorne; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Dave Phoenix; Chapter 1 Conflicting priorities: exploration, science, politics and personal ambition; Chapter 2 William John Wills as scientist; Chapter 3 Geology, soils and landscapes of the expedition route; Chapter 4 The botanical legacy of Ferdinand Mueller and Hermann Beckler; Chapter 5 Zoology: an encounter with the fauna of Australia's unique arid environment; Introduction; Mammals; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes; Insects and other invertebrates; Chapter 6 Hydrologic insights of inland Australia
- Chapter 7 Meteorology: a remarkable set of early inland observations; Chapter 8 The space between: Aboriginal people, the Victorian Exploring Expedition and the relief parties; Chapter 9 Conclusion: rewriting history; Appendixes; Timeline of principal events; Expedition personnel; Biographies of the principal scientists; Instructions to the leader and scientific officers; The art of the Victorian Exploring Expedition; Index
- Notes:
- "The Royal Society of Victoria."
- Reprinted with corrections 2012.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786613321220
- 9780643103344
- 0643103341
- 9781283321228
- 128332122X
- 9780643103337
- 0643103333
- OCLC:
- 730047760
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