Australian Explorers - Their Labours, Perils, and Achievements

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By Listen TheBook Posted on May 31, 2023

In Category - Modern (19th C)

Authors: George Grimm In Year : 1888

Book Language: English

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Preface
Introduction. Pioneer Navigators
Chapter I. The Pioneers of the Blue Mountains
Chapter II. Surveyor Evan's Discovery of the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers and the Bathurst Plains
Chapter III. Oxley's Expedition to the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers
Chapter IV. Hume and Hovell's Expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip
Chapter V. Allan Cunningham's Explorations
Chapter VI. Captain Sturt's Three Expeditions
Chapter VII. Eyre's Adventurous Journey Along the Great Australian Bight
Chapter VIII. Sir Thomas Mitchell's Four Expeditions
Chapter IX. Kennedy's Disastrous Expedition to Cape Yorke
Chapter X. Leichhardt's Expedition to Port Essington and into the Interior
Chapter XI. Mr. A. C. Gregory's Expedition to the North-West Interior
Chapter XII. Burke and Wills's Expedition Across the Australian Continent
Chapter XIII. Search Expeditions in Quest of Burke and Wills
Chapter XIV. John McDouall Stuart’s Expeditions in the South, to the Centre, and Across the Continent
Chapter XV. Colonel Warburton's Journey Across the Western Interior
Chapter XVI. The Hon. John Forrest's Explorations in Western Australia
Chapter XVII. Mr. Ernest Giles's Explorations in Central and Western Australia
Chapter XVIII. Other Explorers in Western Australia - Conclusion

"The Story of the Exploration of Australia is one which we cannot willingly let die. There are many reasons for keeping alive the remembrance of such heroic deeds. It is due to the memory of those men who took their lives in their hands, and, in many cases, laid their bones in the desert; it is an act of gratitude on our part, who have entered on their labours; and it is a kind of information indispensable to every Australian who desires to know the history of his country." - Summary from the Author's Preface