139 pages, 20 unnumbered pages of color plates : illustrations, color maps, portraits ; 24 cm
Contents
The first step -- The land of stone -- North to Cordillo -- The land of Brown Hawks -- The land of the Kaldadoons -- The plains of promise -- Retreat to eternity
Summary
Burke and Wills journey from Coopers Creek to the Gulf of Carpentaria retraced in 1977 by two white Australians and two Aborigines in order to test hypothesis on use of camels and timing of the expedition; includes sections from original journals which mention Aborigines on the route
Analysis
BURKE AND WILLS (AT, Graeme Clifford, 1985)
Notes
illus. (pt col.); maps; pls
Copy 2 - donation from Tom Austen Brown collection
