Published by Hesperian Press, Perth, 2009
Seller: Muir Books [Robert Muir Old & Rare Books], PERTH, WA, Australia
First Edition
Boards. Introd. Professor J.M.R. Cameron (illustrator). 1st edition. 8vo, cl bds, d.j., b&w illus, folding map in pocket at rear, pp. (xxxvi) 204. New, mint condn. In 1854 Robert Austin led an expedition to the Murchison River. Disasters assailed them, but they reached the Geraldine Mine on the Lower Murchison. Their explorations inspired others to prospect the desert.