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Description edit
The harrowing true story of the Burke and Willis expedition team who took on the Australian wilds 150 years ago--and lost. They departed Melbourne's Royal Park in the summer of 1860, a misfit party of eighteen amateur explorers cheered on by thousands of well-wishers. Their mission: to chart... read more
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Characters/People edit
- Robert O'hara Burke: Add a description of this character.
- Cooper
- Dr. Wills
- John Mcdouall Stuart
- William Wright
- Gray
- Ludwig Becker
- George Landells
- John King
- Alfred Howitt
- William Stawell
- William Brahe
- Augustus Gregory
- John Macadam
- Julia Matthews
- Beckler
- Charles Sturt
- Lyons
- Beclder
- Ferguson
- Warburton
- Georg Neumayer
- Dick
- Leichhardt
- Ferdinand Mueller
- Hodgkinson
- Mcdonough
- Billy
- Dost Mohomet
- Mckinlay
- William Patten
Setting & Locations edit
- Melbourne
- South Australia
- Adelaide
- Menindee
- Victoria
- Queensland
- Gulf Of Carpentaria
- New South Wales
- Beechworth
- Swan Hill
- Darling River
- Europe
- Yandruwandha
- Torowoto
- Sydney
- Brisbane
- India
- England
- London
- Belooch
- Southeast Asia
- Ballarat
- Bendigo
- Balranald
- Ireland
- Royal Park
- Menindie
First Sentence edit
When Captain James Cook stood on the deck of the Endeavour in March 1770 and felt the hot dry winds filling her sails off Australia's southern coast, he declared that the country's interior would be nothing but desert.
Table of Contents edit
1 Terra Australis Incognita
2 Marvelous Melbourne
3 The Fertile Island Theory
4 An Affair of Cliquery
5 A Trifle Insane
6 The Honor of Victoria
7 No Tea, No Fire
8 Ruinous Work
9 An Excess of Bravery
10 The Dead Heart
11 A Sense of Perspective
12 Anticipation of Horrors
13 Never More Severely Taxed
14 Beneath the Veil
15 The Awful Truth
16 Dig
17 This Extraordinary Continent
18 From Inertia to Overkill
19 The Continent Crossed
20 From Absolute Necessity
21 An Unmanly Action
22 A Bloodless Triumph
Epilogue
Authors & Contributors edit
- Sarah P. Murgatroyd (Author)
First Edition edit
Original Language: English
Publisher: Broadway Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0767908287
Page Count: 368
Publisher: Broadway Books
Country: USA
Publication Date: 2002
ISBN: 0767908287
Page Count: 368
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- Library of Congress: Add the Library of Congress Classification.
- Dewey: 919.4043
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