EXPLORATIONS IN AUSTRALIA
by John McDouall Stuart
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- Author
- Stuart, John McDouall, 1815-1866
- Title
- Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart During the Years 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862, When He Fixed the Centre of the Continent and Successfully Crossed It from Sea to Sea
- Credits
- Produced by Sue Asscher and Col Choat
- Language
- English
- LoC Class
- DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)
- Subject
- Stuart, John McDouall, 1815-1866
- Category
- Text
- eBook-No.
- 8911
- Project Gutenberg
- https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/8911
- Release Date
- August 30, 2004
- Copyright
- Public domain in the USA.
Contents
- 1.THE JOURNALS — OF — JOHN McDOUALL STUART — DURING THE YEARS — 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862, — WHEN HE FIXED THE CENTRE OF THE CONTINENT AND SUCCESSFULLY CROSSED IT FROM SEA TO SEA. — EDITED FROM MR. STUART'S MANUSCRIPT BY WILLIAM HARDMAN, M.A., F.R.G.S., etc. — With Maps, a Photographic Portrait of Mr. Stuart, and twelve Engravings drawn on wood by George French Angas, from Sketches taken during the different expeditions. — (SANS CHANGER. S.O. AND CO.) — ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION. — PREFACE BY THE EDITOR. — CONTENTS. — LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
- 2.EXPLORATIONS IN AUSTRALIA. — JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH-WEST. MAY TO SEPTEMBER, 1858. — JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S SECOND EXPEDITION (IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE TORRENS). APRIL TO JULY, 1859. — JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S THIRD EXPEDITION (IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE TORRENS). NOVEMBER, 1859, TO JANUARY, 1860. — JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S FOURTH EXPEDITION—FIXING THE CENTRE OF THE CONTINENT. FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER, 1860. — JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S FIFTH EXPEDITION. FROM NOVEMBER, 1860, TO SEPTEMBER, 1861. — JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF AUSTRALIA. FROM DECEMBER, 1861, TO DECEMBER, 1862. — APPENDIX. — [FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON. JUNE 9, 1863.] — ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. — BY JOHN GOULD, F.R.S., ETC. — [FROM THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF LONDON, NOVEMBER 10, 1863.] — DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF FRESHWATER SHELLS COLLECTED BY MR. F.G. WATERHOUSE, DURING J. McDOUALL STUART'S OVERLAND JOURNEY FROM ADELAIDE TO THE NORTH-WEST COAST OF AUSTRALIA. BY ARTHUR ADAMS, F.L.S., AND G. FRENCH ANGAS, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. — Description of a new Helix from the interior of Australia, by Dr. L. Pfeiffer. — ENUMERATION OF THE PLANTS COLLECTED DURING MR. J. McDOUALL STUART'S EXPEDITIONS ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT IN 1860, 1861, AND 1862. BY FERDINAND MULLER, M.D., Ph.D., F.R.S. — INDEX. — THE END.
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