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Cooper's Creek: Tragedy and Adventure in the Australian Outback
Cooper's Creek Tragedy and Adventure in the Australian Outback
Author: Alan Moorehead
In 1860, an expedition set out from Melbourne, Australia, into the interior of the country, with the mission to find a route to the northern coast. Headed by Robert O’Hara Burke and William John Wills, the party of adventurers, scientists, and camels set out into the outback hoping to find enough water and to keep adequate food stores for ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9781616080228
ISBN-10: 1616080221
Publication Date: 8/1/2010
Pages: 224
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Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing
Book Type: Paperback
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If the story of Lewis and Clark interested you the story of Burke and Wills, the first men to transverse the continent of Australia will grab your attention as it did mine. The description of the trials they encountered as well as the unusual fauna, geography, and animals in this land first seen by these explorers will keep you glued to this book.


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