Following Burke and Wills across Australia : a touring guide / Dave Phoenix.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Phoenix, Dave, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Wills, William John, 1834-1861.

Wills, William John.

Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1821-1861.

Burke, Robert O'Hara.

Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861).

Burke and Wills Expedition.

Explorers--Australia.

Explorers.

Australia--Discovery and exploration--19th century.

Australia.

Australia--Description and travel.

Australia--Guidebooks.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 p.)

Place of Publication:

Clayton South, Victoria : CSIRO Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

A perfect companion for those wanting to see outback Australia, and at the same time understand a journey that has attained mythic status in the history of Australian exploration.

Contents:

Cover; Foreword; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Using the touring guide; 1. Melbourne; In 1860; Now; 2. Leaving Melbourne; In 1860; Now; 3. Crossing the mountains: Bulla to Knowsley; In 1860; Now; Bendigo, Castlemaine and Fryerstown; 4. Crossing the plains: Knowsley to Tragowel; In 1860; Now; 5. Along the rivers: Tragowel to Swan Hill; In 1860; Now; 6. Swan Hill to Balranald; In 1860; Now; 7. Balranald to Pooncarie; In 1860; Now; 8. Pooncarie to Menindee; In 1860; Now; 9. Menindee to Mutawintji; In 1860; The Pamamaroo Depot and Wright's supply party; Now; 10. Mutawintji to Tibooburra

In 1860The Pamamaroo Depot and Wright's supply party: 1860 and 1861; Now; 11. Tibooburra to Thargomindah; In 1860; Now; 12. Thargomindah to Innamincka; In 1860; In 1861: Brahe's Depot Party; Now; 13. Innamincka to Birdsville; Going north; Returning from the Gulf; In 1861: the deaths of Burke and Wills; Now; 14. Birdsville to Boulia; Going north; Returning from the Gulf: March-April 1861; Now; 15. Boulia to Cloncurry; Going north; Returning from the Gulf: March 1861; Now; 16. Cloncurry to Karumba; Going north; Returning from the Gulf: February-March 1861; Now; Selected references; Glossary

IndexPeople; Places; Miscellaneous (groups, organisations, expedition animals, fauna, flora, etc.)

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed June 11, 2015).

Other Format:

Print version: Phoenix, Dave. Following Burke and Wills across Australia : a touring guide.

ISBN:

9781486301607

1486301606

OCLC:

900457821