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Burke and Wills : from Melbourne to myth / Tim Bonyhady.
Record no.:
6412
Author:
Bonyhady, Tim, 1957-;
Publisher:
Balmain, NSW, Australia :: David Ell Press,
Year:
1991.
Description:
383 pages, 20 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 27 cm
Subject:
Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1821-1861.;
Australia - Discovery and exploration.;
Notes:
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 314-373) and index.Noel Dan
Gift ;
2023.
Noel Dan
Gift ;
2023.
Type:
Monograph
ISBN:
0908197918;
Abstract:
Context of Burkes Victorian Exploring Expedition, the course of the expedition and its subsequent place in Australian history and culture; numerous brief references to Aborigines - as guides, the Yantruwanta (Yandruwantha) generosity to Bourke, Wills
and King and hostility to expeditions.
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