![From South Australia to Port Darwin with Sheep and Cattle in 1870-71. [Contained in] Proceedings...](/pictures/thumb/75336_00.jpg?v=1587531611)
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1932. The author was one of a small party of men, under Ralph Milner of Killalpaninna, which set out in December 1870 with 7000 sheep and about 300 horses, with the intention of claiming a South Australian Government reward for the first 1000 sheep or 100 head of..... More
![Narrative of an Expedition of Exploration in North-Western Australia. [Contained in] Proceedings...](/pictures/thumb/119339_00.jpg?v=1593667993)
Adelaide, RGSSA, 1918. Undertaken initially (in April-June 1916) to explore the mineralogical possibilities of the region; the end result is of considerable anthropological significance. To quote Dr Basedow: 'Realising the rare opportunity for conducting scientific research in a tract of practically unknown country, I resolved that, after the work entrusted..... More
London, Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner, 1890. More
Perth, Government Printer, 1902. Western Australian Parliamentary Paper Number 46 of 1902; only 1200 copies were printed. The 'expedition was fitted out to explore the remaining unknown regions of Australia on similar lines to the Elder expedition'. Lawrence Allen Wells, third in command on the ill-fated Elder expedition of 1891-92..... More
Adelaide, Government Printer, 1989 (facsimile edition)/ 1814. A superb production, limited to only 500 numbered sets; this set is number 1. More
London, T. and W. Boone, 1849 [first edition, slightly later issue]. Provenance: George Woodroofe Goyder, with the pastedown of each volume inscribed in his hand 'Hill Side Cottage | Medindie | April 1858'. George Woodroofe Goyder (1826-1898), South Australia's surveyor-general for thirty-three years, is best remembered for the eponymous Goyder's..... More
London, T. & W. Boone, 1847. One of the longest and most impressive expeditions of Australian inland exploration; after leaving Moreton Bay, Leichhardt's small party set out across the uncharted interior of northern Australia. Some fourteen months and 4800 kilometres later they reached Port Essington in the Northern Territory, having..... More
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Adelaide, RGSSA, 1890. Unquestionably rare, and important, with all but one of the numerous articles in this volume relating to North Australia or Australian Aborigines. They are WINNECKE, Charles: Physical Features of Central Australia (8 pages); WORSNOP, Thomas: The Pre-historic Arts of the Aborigines of Australia (25 pages plus 4..... More
London, Sampson Low, Marston, Low, & Searle, 1875. Peter Egerton Warburton (1813-1889) left Alice Springs for Western Australia in April 1873 with six men and seventeen camels. The party 'endured long periods of extreme heat with little water, and survived only by killing the camels for meat. They reached the..... More
