Ernest Favenc, himself a bushman and explorer, tells the lives and journeys of the men who opened the Australian interior. George Evans, John Oxley, Hamilton Hume, Allan Cunningham, Charles Sturt, Sir Thomas Mitchell and Edmund Kennedy lead the east, and the book moves on to Eyre’s desperate march along the Great Australian Bight and the later expeditions.
A thorough, readable history of Australian exploration, for anyone who enjoys stories of endurance in unknown country. Download the free EPUB.