1. The nature of the explorer -- 2. Understanding the explorers -- 3. The hidden explorers -- 4. Firs, train your explorer -- 5. Packing to go -- 6. Essential instruments and unwanted items -- 7. Feeding the hungry explorer -- 8. Nor any drop to drink
-- 9. Aboriginal relations -- 10. Injury and death -- 11. What they learned or achieved -- 12. Winners and losers.
"Combining the heroic, the tragic, the bizarre and the humorous, this history book takes the reader along the intriguing highways and byways of Australian exploration, focusing on the tricks and tools of the explorers trade. Impeccably researched and featuring many extracts from explorers diaries and letters, it is packed with ripping yarns and fascinating details revealing the identities, experiences, motivations and in particular the modus operandi of Australias colonial explorers. It focuses on many of Australia's lesser known explorers: Aborigines, women, convicts, non British." -- Provided by publisher.
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