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In Search of Burke and Wills : The Story of William Landsborough, Queensland's Forgotten Explorer

by Mr Gordon Landsborough

English

Self-published

Book Id: WPLBN0100000481

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Subjects: Non Fiction, History, Australian explorer, William Landsborough, Australian explorer, William Landsborough

Collections: Biographies, Authors Community

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...Everyone has heard of the explorers Burke and Wills, who died when attempting to cross the Australian continent in 1861, but few will know of William Landsborough, a quiet unassuming man who in the middle of the 19th century explored and opened up vas...

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...ty, John King, was still alive. But in 1861, with none of the rapid means of communication we now enjoy, all the people of Victoria knew was that the explorers were long overdue on their return trip to the Gulf of Carpentaria. In 1860, Victoria and South Australia were involved in a race to achieve the prestige of the first crossing of the Australian continent from south...

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...Foreword: xi Chapter 1: In Search of Burke and Wills 1 Chapter 2: The Making of an Explorer 8 Chapter 3: Explorations in Queensland 22 Chapter 4: The Wreck of the Firefly 38 Chapter 5: Sharks and Mutiny 51 Chapter 6: Around Cape York to the Gulf 60 Chapter 7: The Wait for Walker to A...

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... THE STORY OF WILLIAM LANDSBOROUGH,QUEENSLAND’S FORGOTTEN EXPLORER GORDON LANDSBOROUGH WORLD eBOOK LIBRARY EDITION... ...Wills The story of William Landsborough,Queensland’s forgotten explorer Gordon Landsborough Edited and updated by Diana ... ...earch of Burke and Wills : the story of William Landsborough,Queensland’s forgotten explorer / Gordon Landsborough; Diana Landsborough.Edition: Second... ...-1886. Burke and Wills Expedition, (1860-1861) Landsborough Expedition, (1861-1862) Explorers--Australia--Biography. Australia--Discovery and explorat... ...rs/Contributors: Landsborough, Diana, 1948- editor.Front cover photograph: The five explorers from the Second Expedition in searchof Burke and Wills, ... ...rse, by then wewere in the computer age and I had all the amazing facilities of the internet to help medo my job properly. ... ...my family’s sake, self publish, using one of the many servicesavailable through the internet. The book you are reading now is the product of thatcours... ...nals and files for what he wanted, take notes,then type it up. The computer and the internet have made life so much easier formodern researchers! And ... ...ers Island and Landsborough’sconnection to them. I also, of course, consulted many internet sources, such as registers of births, deathsand marriages...