[North Australian Exploring Expedition]

North Australian Exploring Expedition. Copy Correspondence

Melbourne, Government Printer, February 1855.

Foolscap folio, 15 pages.

Early quarter roan and papered boards lettered in gilt on the spine; extremities a little rubbed, with slight loss to the ends of the spine; title page a little dusty and foxed, with some foxing throughout; a decent copy.

Victorian Parliamentary Paper Number 53 of 1854-5. Copies of correspondence concerning the intended expedition of the Gregory brothers; with letters from John Lort Stokes (2 pages) and Charles Sturt (6 pages). Loosely inserted is a photograph (175 × 215 mm, not recent) of a captioned photograph of 'Stuart's Tree, Van Diemen Gulf'.

Item #105464

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