The Dead Heart of Australia
Author | : John Walter Gregory |
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Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Aboriginal Australians |
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Author | : John Walter Gregory |
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Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Aboriginal Australians |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. W. GREGORY |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2018 |
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ISBN | : 9781033947708 |
Author | : John Walter Gregory |
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Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 1909 |
Genre | : Aboriginal Australians |
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Author | : C.T. Madigan |
Publisher | : ETT Imprint |
Total Pages | : 204 |
Release | : 2023-09-01 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1923024078 |
This book is a classic narrative of modern exploration; a story of adventure, enterprise and patient scientific exploration, illustrated by photographs taken on the expedition. The Simpson is a sand-ridge desert extending 200 miles (322 km) west to east, the ridges running parallel from north to south at roughly quarter-mile (0.4 km) intervals, some reaching as high as 100 feet (30 m). Madigan planned a ground crossing in the winter of 1939. A party of nine, including a biologist, a botanist, a photographer and a radio operator, with nineteen camels, made the exhausting crossing from Andado station in the Northern Territory to Birdsville in twenty-five days. It verified Madigan's previous conclusions that the area was a wasteland. This last classic Australian exploration adventure pioneered the use of mobile radio communication; national broadcasts were made through the Australian Broadcasting Commission from desert camps. The scientific results were published and also a popular accound, Crossing the Dead Heart (Melbourne, 1946). He saw the 'Dead Heart' as a land of everlasting sand-ridges and salt-encrusted clay-pans; while his conclusions seemed correct then, within twenty years the area was criss-crossed by petroleum explorers. - Australian Dictionary of Biography
Author | : J. W. Gregory |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 2017-09-12 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781528452090 |
Excerpt from The Dead Heart of Australia In excuse for the fewness of the references in the chapter on the aborigines, I may explain that I have given them more fully in another work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : John Walter Gregory |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 454 |
Release | : 1906 |
Genre | : Aboriginal Australians |
ISBN | : |
Author | : J. W. Gregory |
Publisher | : Forgotten Books |
Total Pages | : 446 |
Release | : 2015-06-17 |
Genre | : Science |
ISBN | : 9781330140871 |
Excerpt from The Dead Heart of Australia The expedition, of which some of the results are stated in this volume, was undertaken in the hope that it would be the first of a series, for the study of the interior of South-eastern Australia, conducted in connection with the geological school of Melbourne University. The narrative is largely reprinted from some letters to the Melbourne Age. It is repeated in the hope that it may be of value, as giving some idea of the conditions of the Lake Eyre district, in an interesting stage in its development. On the return of the expedition, I had at once to take up the duties of Director of the Geological Survey Branch of the Mines Department of Victoria, and had therefore to postpone work on the considerable geological collections we had made. Most of the book was completed three years ago; but its publication was delayed in the hope that I might find time to finish an account of the geology of the Lake Eyre district. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Author | : J W Gregory |
Publisher | : Legare Street Press |
Total Pages | : 0 |
Release | : 2022-10-27 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9781016473354 |
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Author | : Douglas Kennedy |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 199 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : |
ISBN | : 9780349119052 |
This title is a thriller about a holiday romance gone wrong.
Author | : Cecil Thomas Madigan |
Publisher | : |
Total Pages | : 230 |
Release | : 1946 |
Genre | : Australia |
ISBN | : |
Narrative of Simpson Desert Expedition 1939; p.28-29; Cooking fish & duck; hunting & returning boomerangs; p.33; Stone arrangement at edge of Finke tableland near Andado Stn.; p.37; 2 place names near Andado; remains of Dieri tribe moved to Marree; p.39; Place names around Andado; p.64; Chalcedony chips, parts of grinding stones found; p.111; Ill-treatment of natives of waterhole; Andy accompanied the expedition p. 27, photo p. 74; Ly-Ly showed the party where a soak was p. 37 and later joined them for part of the journey p. 42-49.