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Australian Explorers - Their Labours, Perils, and Achievements

"The Story of the Exploration of Australia is one which we cannot willingly let die. There are many reasons for keeping alive the remembrance of such heroic deeds. It is due to the memory of those men who took their lives in their hands, and, in many cases, laid their bones in the desert; it is an act of gratitude on our part, who have entered on their labours; and it is a kind of information indispensable to every Australian who desires to know the history of his country." - Summary from the Author's Preface (6 hr 50 min)

Chapters

Preface

Introduction. Pioneer Navigators

Chapter I. The Pioneers of the Blue Mountains

Chapter II. Surveyor Evan's Discovery of the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers and t…

Chapter III. Oxley's Expedition to the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers

Chapter IV. Hume and Hovell's Expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip

Chapter V. Allan Cunningham's Explorations

Chapter VI. Captain Sturt's Three Expeditions

Chapter VII. Eyre's Adventurous Journey Along the Great Australian Bight

Chapter VIII. Sir Thomas Mitchell's Four Expeditions

Chapter IX. Kennedy's Disastrous Expedition to Cape Yorke

Chapter X. Leichhardt's Expedition to Port Essington and into the Interior

Chapter XI. Mr. A. C. Gregory's Expedition to the North-West Interior

Chapter XII. Burke and Wills's Expedition Across the Australian Continent

Chapter XIII. Search Expeditions in Quest of Burke and Wills

Chapter XIV. John McDouall Stuart’s Expeditions in the South, to the Centre, an…

Chapter XV. Colonel Warburton's Journey Across the Western Interior

Chapter XVI. The Hon. John Forrest's Explorations in Western Australia

Chapter XVII. Mr. Ernest Giles's Explorations in Central and Western Australia

Chapter XVIII. Other Explorers in Western Australia - Conclusion