Dave
While doing some research for my PhD I noticed that quite a few older books
can be downloaded through various sites. Students might find this very
helpful when they're looking for publications university libraries don't
hold.
Denise
on 24/3/12 1:59 PM, David & Liz Parker at wrote:
> Peter,
>
> I have been doing a bit of such reading and collecting of sources over time.
> If you don't mind reading on the computer or have an Ipad then I would
> thoroughly recommend a website called a free online
> resource offered by The University of Adelaide. Follow the link below to
> authors listed alphabetically, and scroll to the relevant person.
>
> http://ebooks.adelaide.edu.au/meta/authors.html#S
>
> Another useful online resource is the Project Gutenberg Australia site which
> has a range of explorer journals on it, and biographies.
>
> http://gutenberg.net.au/explorers.html
>
> Otherwise, there are a range of Australiana publications including facsimile
> and parliamentary editions are available from the State Library of South
> Australia.
>
> http://www.australianapublications.org.au/
>
> Hopefully this will get you, and others started.
>
> Cheers
> Dave
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> On Behalf Of Peter Ewin
> Sent: Saturday, 24 March 2012 3:05 PM
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> Subject: [Birding-Aus] Off Topic - Australian Explorers
>
>
> I apologise for this being off topic, but as others have commented
> Birding-Aus has a very wide range of subscribers.
> I have just finished reading a book released last year by the Royal Society
> of Victoria on the Scientific Legacy of the Burke and Wills Expedition. Some
> very interesting stuff (including a bit on birds) that in particular defends
> Wills' reputation as a surveyor (particularly given his young age). What it
> made me realise is how little I know about Australian exploration (it is a
> long time since High School history and I can really only remember talking
> about Cook and Blaxland, Lawson and Wentworth, and I know a small amount
> about Sturt expeditions to NW NSW). A couple of people that I have had a
> vague interest in for a while are Edmund Kennedy (Cape York) and Ludwig
> Leichhardt (northern Australia until he disappeared).
> Can anyone recommend any decent books that detail their journeys, or with
> Leichhardt, the searches that have been made since his disappearance. I will
> then see if the local library has copies or I will try and track them down
> elsewhere. A general history of exploration might also be a good start so a
> good volume of this may be useful as well.
> Thanks in advance.
> Cheers,
> Peter
>
>
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