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001 2014481375
003 DLC
005 20151022084904.0
008 150623s2015 vraa b f001 0 eng
010 $a 2014481375
020 $a9781486301584 (paperback)
020 $a1486301584
020 $a9781486301591 (epdf)
020 $a9781486301607 (epub)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
043 $au-at---
050 00 $aDU102$b.P56 2015
100 1 $aPhoenix, Dave,$d1965-,$eauthor.
245 10 $aFollowing Burke and Wills across Australia :$ba touring guide /$cDave Phoenix.
264 1 $aClayton South, VIC, Australia :$bCSIRO Publishing,$c[2015]
300 $axxi, 392 pages :$billustrations (chiefly color) ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
520 $aEvery Australian has heard of Burke and Wills but few have travelled in their footsteps. In 2008, historian Dave Phoenix decided to walk across Australia from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria, following the track taken by the ill-fated Burke and Wills Expedition. Now you can follow them too. Following Burke and Wills Across Australia guides you on a road trip that follows one of history's great transcontinental journeys, sharing the explorers' experiences on the way. Maps lay out a route that takes you as close as possible to the Expedition's track. As you travel the outback roads, you can learn all the details of the day to day journey of the Expedition from the explorers' own words, and compare what you see with their descriptions of the country in 1860-61. Each chapter provides information about what to see now: the location and descriptions of the markers and memorials placed along the route over the 150 years since the Expedition, and places where you can stand where the explorers stood and look out over prospects they drew and described. The book is 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. Even if you want to follow only part of the track, this is the book for you.
600 10 $aBurke, Robert O'Hara,$d1821-1861.
600 10 $aWills, William John,$d1834-1861.
611 20 $aBurke and Wills Expedition$d(1860-1861)
650 0 $aExplorers$zAustralia.
651 0 $aAustralia$xDiscovery and exploration$y19th century.
651 0 $aAustralia$xDescription and travel.
651 0 $aAustralia$vGuidebooks.