The first fully documented story of the strange drama - familiar to every Australian child - that took place in the remote interior of Australia 150 years ago. More than any other incident in Australia's history the story of Burke, the dashing but inexperienced expedition leader and Wills, his heroic second-in-command, evokes the memory of the early settlers and the seemingly insurmountable odds they sought to overcome. From the days the expedition set off from the rich, gold-rush town of Melbourne through the triumphant crossing of the continent to the heartbreaking return to base camp at Cooper's Creek, this is an epic adventure in the grand manner told by a master.
Alan Moorehead was born in Melbourne in 1910. He came to England in 1937, an made a world-wide reputation as a journalist and war correspondent, and since the war, as the writer of a remarkable series of vivid reconstructions of historical events.
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21.5 x 14.0cms, 222pp, b/w illusts, softcover, good+ The fated Burke & Wills expediiton 'evokes the early settlers and the seemingly insurmountable odds they tried to overcome'. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 120541
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Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. The classic account of the Burke and Wills expedition across Australia and the fated drama that took place on Cooper's creek in the remote interior of the continent in 1861. 22pp with black and white plates. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 14816sE7
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