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The mystery of Ludwig Leichhardt / Gordon Connell.
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Carlton, Vic. :: Melbourne University Press,
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1980.
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ix, 96 pages : illustration, facsimiles., maps, portraits ; 23 cm
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Bibliography: pages 93-96.
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Monograph
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0522842003 :;
Abstract:
A mystery beyond the Maranoa -- Hovenden Hely's search -- A.C. Gregory -- Puzzles for John McDouall Stuart -- The Burke and Wills searchers -- Sub-inspector Gilmour rides in search of Leichhardt survivor -- A puzzle for H.V. Barclay and a 'coincidence'
for Charles Winnecke -- Gregory writes again -- David Lindsay and the Arltunga l Tree; the mystery of the survivor -- Native legends -- Searches and traces in the twentieth century -- Leichhardt's journey and his fate.

Reconstruction of the explorers last journey and death, based on documentary sources; contacts with Aborigines described, including Aboriginal oral accounts of the groups murder at the hands of offended Central Desert Aborigines.
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