'The Finest Goldfield in the World'. The Austin Expedition to the Murchison in 1854
[AUSTIN, Robert] BRIDGE, Peter J. (and others, editors)
Published by M.G. Creasy & Hesperian Press, Carlisle, 2009
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Carlisle, M.G. Creasy & Hesperian Press, 2009 (first thus). Large octavo, xxxvi, 204 pages with numerous illustrations (from contemporary sources) plus an errata slip and a folding map in a rear endpocket. Papered boards; bottom corner of the first four leaves lightly creased (a trifling production flaw); essentially a fine copy with the fine dustwrapper. 'The Western Australian Explorers' Diaries Project, incorporating the Historical Records of Western Australia' appears at the head of the title page. Austin's journal was first published in Perth in 1855, and in later in London in 'The Journal of the Royal Geographical Society', Volume 26, 1856. This new edition contains a lengthy introduction by J.M.R. Cameron (19 pages). 'In 1854 Robert Austin led an expedition east and then north to the Murchison River.Their exploration inspired others to prospect the desert for both grass and gold, culminating in the opening up of the area in the 1880s, and the finding of rich goldfields' (dustwrapper blurb). Seller Inventory # 145920
Bibliographic Details
Title: 'The Finest Goldfield in the World'. The ...
Publisher: M.G. Creasy & Hesperian Press, Carlisle
Publication Date: 2009
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: Fine
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