Cooper's Creek: The Opening of Australia (Traveler / Atlantic Monthly Press)
Book by Moorehead, Alan
Book by Moorehead, Alan
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Format: Paperback
ISBN:
9780871131683 (0871131684)
ASIN: 0871131684
Publish date: 1987-09
Publisher: Atlantic Monthly Pr
Pages no: 222
Edition language: English
I would assume every Australian knows the story of Burke & Wills to cross the Australian continent in 1861 like every Brit knows the later Scott of the Antarctic. Like the Antarctic expedition the planning and strategy was haphazard and the choice of a leader was perhaps not ideal. Like Scott they w...
The Burke and Wills monument in Melbourne in the eighteen-sixtiesHand written inscription:Best wishes fromEileen & KeithJuly 1966Opening: Here, perhaps more than anywhere, humanity had a chance to make a fresh start.Peppered with glossy photographs and sketches.From the authors note: Mr Sidney Nola...
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