| Main Title: |
Burke & Wills : the scientific legacy of the Victorian exploring expedition / edited by E. B. Joyce and D. A. McCann. |
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| Author: |
Joyce, Edmund Bernard, 1934-
McCann, Douglas Andrew, 1948-
Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIRO)
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| Imprint: |
CSIRO, 2011. |
| Collation: |
xxiv, 343 p. : col. ill., facsims., maps, portraits, hbk ; 26 cm. |
| Summary: |
Conflicting priorities: exploration, science, politics and personal ambition -- William John Wills as scientist -- Geology, soils and landscapes of the expedition route -- The botanical legacy of Ferdinand Mueller and Hermann Beckler -- Zoology: an encounter with the fauna of Australia's unique arid environment -- Hydrologic insights of inland Australia -- Meteorology: a remarkable set of early inland observations -- The space between: Aboriginal people, the Victorian exploring expedition and the relief parties -- Conclusion: rewriting history. |
| Subject: |
Burke, Robert O'Hara, 1821-1861
Wills, William John, 1834-1861
Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861)
European exploration and explorers
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| ISBN: |
9780643103320 (hbk.) |
| Notes: |
Maps on endpapers.
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