J. McDouall Stuart’s Explorations Across the Continent of Australia: 1861–62
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2012 was the 150th anniversary of Stuart's landmark journey across the continent from Adelaide to the Indian Ocean and back.
To mark the anniversary, the Friends of the State Library of South Australia republished his enthralling account of the expedition. He left Adelaide in October 1861 and returned in December 1862, having not lost the life of a single man.
In January 1863 he was given a hero's welcome in a procession through the streets of Adelaide; on the same day, Melbourne was holding its own procession – the funeral of Burke and Wills. Written in his economical, understated style, the journal (first published in Melbourne in 1863) brings alive the hazards, hardships, and eventually the triumph Stuart and his companions experienced.
Details
Introduction by Valmai Hankel
Paperback
978 1876154 691
pp. xv, 97; adverts [4]
210 x 140 x 10mm, 200gm
Price
Members $20, Non-members $25
To mark the anniversary, the Friends of the State Library of South Australia republished his enthralling account of the expedition. He left Adelaide in October 1861 and returned in December 1862, having not lost the life of a single man.
In January 1863 he was given a hero's welcome in a procession through the streets of Adelaide; on the same day, Melbourne was holding its own procession – the funeral of Burke and Wills. Written in his economical, understated style, the journal (first published in Melbourne in 1863) brings alive the hazards, hardships, and eventually the triumph Stuart and his companions experienced.
Details
Introduction by Valmai Hankel
Paperback
978 1876154 691
pp. xv, 97; adverts [4]
210 x 140 x 10mm, 200gm
Price
Members $20, Non-members $25