Explorations in Australia

About this eBook

Author

Favenc, Ernest, 1846-1908

Title

The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work

Credits

Produced by Amy M Zelmer, Sue Asscher

Language

English

LoC Class

DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)

Subject

Explorers

Category

Text

eBook-No.

10840

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10840

Release Date

January 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.THE EXPLORERS OF AUSTRALIA — AND THEIR LIFE-WORK. — ERNEST FAVENC, — [Advertisement] — THE MAKERS OF AUSTRALASIA. — AUTHOR'S PREFACE. — BIBLIOGRAPHY. — INTRODUCTION. — CONTENTS. — ILLUSTRATIONS. — MAPS AND PLANS.
2. 2.PART 1. EASTERN AUSTRALIA. — CHAPTER 1. ORIGINS. — 1.1. GOVERNOR PHILLIP. — 1.2. CAPTAIN TENCH. — 1.3. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: BARALLIER. — 1.4. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: BLAXLAND. — CHAPTER 2. GEORGE WILLIAM EVANS. — 2.1. FIRST INLAND EXPLORATION. — 2.2. THE LACHLAN RIVER. — 2.3. THE UNKNOWN WEST. — CHAPTER 3. JOHN OXLEY. — 3.1. GENERAL BIOGRAPHY. — 3.2. HIS FIRST EXPEDITION. — 3.3. THE LIVERPOOL PLAINS. — 3.4. THE BRISBANE RIVER. — CHAPTER 4. HAMILTON HUME. — 4.1. EARLY ACHIEVEMENTS. — 4.2. DISCOVERY OF THE HUME OR MURRAY. — CHAPTER 5. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM. — 5.1. COASTAL EXPEDITIONS. — 5.2. PANDORA'S PASS. — 5.3. THE DARLING DOWNS. — CHAPTER 6. CHARLES STURT. — 6.1. EARLY LIFE. — 6.2. THE DARLING. — 6.3. THE PASSAGE OF THE MURRAY. — CHAPTER 7. SIR THOMAS MITCHELL. — 7.1. INTRODUCTORY. — 7.2. THE UPPER DARLING. — 7.3. THE PASSAGE OF THE DARLING. — 7.4. AUSTRALIA FELIX. — 7.5. DISCOVERY OF THE BARCOO. — CHAPTER 8. THE EARLY FORTIES. — 8.1. ANGAS McMILLAN AND GIPPSLAND. — 8.2. COUNT STRZELECKI. — 8.3. PATRICK LESLIE. — 8.4. LUDWIG LEICHHARDT. — CHAPTER 9. EDMUND B. KENNEDY. — 9.1. THE VICTORIA AND COOPER'S CREEK. — 9.2. A TRAGIC EXPEDITION. — CHAPTER 10. LATER EXPLORATION IN THE NORTH-EAST. — 10.1. WALKER IN SEARCH OF BURKE AND WILLS. — 10.2. BURDEKIN AND CAPE YORK EXPEDITIONS.
3. 3.PART 2. CENTRAL AUSTRALIA. — CHAPTER 11. EDWARD JOHN EYRE. — 11.1. SETTLEMENT OF ADELAIDE AND THE OVERLANDERS. — 11.2. EYRE'S CHIEF JOURNEYS. — CHAPTER 12. ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE CENTRE. — 12.1. LAKE TORRENS PIONEERS AND HORROCKS. — 12.2. CAPTAIN STURT. — CHAPTER 13. BABBAGE AND STUART. — 13.1. B. HERSCHEL BABBAGE. — 13.2. JOHN MCDOUALL STUART. — CHAPTER 14. BURKE AND WILLS. — CHAPTER 15. THE RELIEF EXPEDITIONS AND ATTEMPTS TOWARDS PERTH. — 15.1. JOHN MCKINLAY. — 15.2. WILLIAM LANDSBOROUGH. — 15.3. P.E. WARBURTON. — 15.4. WILLIAM CHRISTIE GOSSE. — CHAPTER 16. TRAVERSING THE CENTRE. — 16.1. ERNEST GILES. — 16.2. W.H. TIETKINS AND OTHERS.
4. 4.PART 3. THE WEST. — CHAPTER 17. ROE, GREY, AND GREGORY. — 17.1. ROE AND THE PIONEERS. — 17.3. AUGUSTUS C. GREGORY. — CHAPTER 18. A.C. AND F.T. GREGORY. — 18.1. A.C. GREGORY ON STURT'S CREEK AND THE BARCOO. — 18.2. FRANK T. GREGORY. — CHAPTER 19. FROM WEST TO EAST. — 19.1. AUSTIN. — 19.2. SIR JOHN FORREST. — 19.3. ALEXANDER FORREST. — CHAPTER 20. LATER EXPLORATION IN THE WEST. — 20.1. CAMBRIDGE GULF AND THE KIMBERLEY DISTRICT. — 20.2. LINDSAY AND THE ELDER EXPLORING EXPEDITION. — 20.3. WELLS AND CARNEGIE IN THE NORTHERN DESERT. — 20.4. HANN AND BROCKMAN IN THE NORTH-WEST. — INDEX OF NAMES OF PERSONS. — INDEX OF PLACE NAMES.

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