Published for Australia’s centennial, this narrative follows the explorers of the continent from the pioneer navigators and the crossing of the Blue Mountains through Oxley, Hume and Hovell, Allan Cunningham, Sturt’s three expeditions, Eyre’s journey along the Bight, Mitchell, Kennedy and Leichhardt, telling of their labours and perils.
A stirring popular history of Australian exploration, with the colonial outlook of 1888. Download the free EPUB.