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Ernest Favenc. The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work
Table of Contents
ILLUSTRATIONS
MAPS AND PLANS
PART 1. EASTERN AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER 1. ORIGINS
1.1. GOVERNOR PHILLIP
1.2. CAPTAIN TENCH
1.3. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: BARALLIER
1.4. THE BLUE MOUNTAINS: BLAXLAND
CHAPTER 2. GEORGE WILLIAM EVANS
2.1. FIRST INLAND EXPLORATION
2.2. THE LACHLAN RIVER
2.3. THE UNKNOWN WEST
CHAPTER 3. JOHN OXLEY
3.1. GENERAL BIOGRAPHY
3.2. HIS FIRST EXPEDITION
3.3. THE LIVERPOOL PLAINS
3.4. THE BRISBANE RIVER
CHAPTER 4. HAMILTON HUME
4.1. EARLY ACHIEVEMENTS
4.2. DISCOVERY OF THE HUME OR MURRAY
CHAPTER 5. ALLAN CUNNINGHAM
5.1. COASTAL EXPEDITIONS
5.2. PANDORA'S PASS
5.3. THE DARLING DOWNS
CHAPTER 6. CHARLES STURT
6.1. EARLY LIFE
6.2. THE DARLING
6.3. THE PASSAGE OF THE MURRAY
CHAPTER 7. SIR THOMAS MITCHELL
7.1. INTRODUCTORY
7.2. THE UPPER DARLING
7.3. THE PASSAGE OF THE DARLING
7.4. AUSTRALIA FELIX
7.5. DISCOVERY OF THE BARCOO
CHAPTER 8. THE EARLY FORTIES
8.1. ANGAS McMILLAN AND GIPPSLAND
8.2. COUNT STRZELECKI
8.3. PATRICK LESLIE
8.4. LUDWIG LEICHHARDT
CHAPTER 9. EDMUND B. KENNEDY
9.1. THE VICTORIA AND COOPER'S CREEK
9.2. A TRAGIC EXPEDITION
CHAPTER 10. LATER EXPLORATION IN THE NORTH-EAST
10.1. WALKER IN SEARCH OF BURKE AND WILLS
10.2. BURDEKIN AND CAPE YORK EXPEDITIONS
PART 2. CENTRAL AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER 11. EDWARD JOHN EYRE
11.1. SETTLEMENT OF ADELAIDE AND THE OVERLANDERS
11.2. EYRE'S CHIEF JOURNEYS
CHAPTER 12. ATTEMPTS TO REACH THE CENTRE
12.1. LAKE TORRENS PIONEERS AND HORROCKS
12.2. CAPTAIN STURT
CHAPTER 13. BABBAGE AND STUART
13.1. B. HERSCHEL BABBAGE
13.2. JOHN MCDOUALL STUART
CHAPTER 14. BURKE AND WILLS
CHAPTER 15. THE RELIEF EXPEDITIONS AND ATTEMPTS TOWARDS PERTH
15.1. JOHN MCKINLAY
15.2. WILLIAM LANDSBOROUGH
15.3. P.E. WARBURTON
CHAPTER 16. TRAVERSING THE CENTRE
16.1. ERNEST GILES
16.2. W.H. TIETKINS AND OTHERS
PART 3. THE WEST
CHAPTER 17. ROE, GREY, AND GREGORY
17.1. ROE AND THE PIONEERS
CHAPTER 18. A.C. AND F.T. GREGORY
18.1. A.C. GREGORY ON STURT'S CREEK AND THE BARCOO
18.2. FRANK T. GREGORY
CHAPTER 19. FROM WEST TO EAST
19.1. AUSTIN
19.3. ALEXANDER FORREST
CHAPTER 20. LATER EXPLORATION IN THE WEST
20.1. CAMBRIDGE GULF AND THE KIMBERLEY DISTRICT
20.2. LINDSAY AND THE ELDER EXPLORING EXPEDITION
20.3. WELLS AND CARNEGIE IN THE NORTHERN DESERT
20.4. HANN AND BROCKMAN IN THE NORTH-WEST
INDEX OF NAMES OF PERSONS
INDEX OF PLACE NAMES
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Ernest Favenc
Published by Good Press, 2019
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Oxley died at Kirkham, his private residence near Sydney, on the 25th of May, 1828. Though his judgment was at times at fault, as will be seen later on, he was essentially a successful explorer; for, although he did not in every case achieve the object aimed at, he always brought back his men without loss, and he opened up vast tracts of new country. John Oxley's personality is not very familiar, but the portrait presented to the reader in this volume was taken in the prime of his life, before he suffered the scars of doubtful battle with the Australian wilderness. It has never been published before, and is taken from the original miniature that he presented to Mrs. King, widow of Governor King, in 1810.
On this, Oxley's first journey of exploration, Evans accompanied him as second in command, and another man who has left an immortal name was also with him -- Allan Cunningham, officially known as King's Botanist. Charles Fraser, well-known in connection with the early history both of New South Wales and of Western Australia, accompanied Oxley under the title of Colonial Botanist. There were nine other men in the party -- boatmen, horse-tenders, and so forth; they had with them two boats and fourteen pack and riding-horses. A depot was first formed at the junction of the small creek whence Evans had turned back, and where he had marked a tree with his initials in 1815. There the boats were launched and preparations completed for the final start. On the 6th of April, 1817, Oxley left Sydney and joined his party at the depot on the 1st of May. Thence he soon commenced this most momentous journey in Australia's early annals, eager to penetrate into the unknown, and inspired with hopes of solving the mystery of the outlet of this inland river.
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