GILES, Ernest

Geographic Travels in Central Australia, from 1872 to 1874

Bundaberg, Corkwood Press, 1993 (facsimile edition)/ 1875.

Octavo, [vi], 224 pages plus a folding map.

Gilt-decorated synthetic cloth; tiny nick to the leading edge of the front cover; ink stamp of the Australian Stockman's Hall of Fame on the front free endpaper; an excellent copy.

Number 184 of 220 copies. The account of Giles's first and second expeditions in Central Australia, during which he discovered the Gibson Desert, Lake Amadeus and Mount Olga (Kata Tjuta).

Item #146627

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