Sturt's Desert Drama by Ivan Rudolph
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Sturt's Desert Drama by Ivan Rudolph

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SKU TBM9781876780876
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Book Type: SECONDHAND
ISBN: 9781876780876
Author: Ivan Rudolph
Edition: 1st Edition
Publisher: Central Queensland University Press
Place: Rockhampton QLD
Year: 2006
Format: Paperback
Pages: 323 pages
Period: 19th Century

Book Description

Secondhand. Very good condition. Ex library copy with all external stickers removed. Protective plastic covering. Remnants of date due slip on inside page. Stamp on imprint page. Sticker on inside front cover.Minor marks on book foredges.

1844. A motley party under Charles Sturt sets out to penetrate Australia's mysterious Centre. The hour is desperate: South Australia is sliding into bankruptcy, and the colonials look to Sturt as the "Father of Australian Exploration" to find rich lands to rescue the economy.

The massive, unwieldy expedition plods up the Murray, dragging along a whaleboat hoping to find an inland sea.

The explorers' original diaries and letters are quoted freely, to enable you to ride into the fierce, blazing deserts with them, to feel what they felt and picture what they saw. They encounter searing heat, flies, poor food, hostile Aborigines and scurvy! One perished; each wondered who would be next. Could their steely resolve force the Inland to yield its secrets? (back cover)

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