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'The finest gold fields in the world' : the Austin Expedition to the Murchison in 1854 / edited by Peter J. Bridge ... [et al.] ; foreword by Mark G. Creasy
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919.413 AUS
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The Western Australian explorers' diaries project incorporating the Historical Records of Western Australia
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Carlisle, W.A.: Hesperian Press
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2009
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xxxvi, 204 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. ; 25 cm. + 1 folded map in back pocket
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9780859050180
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"Journal of Assistant-Surveyor R. Austin", originally published in 1855.
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Book
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In 1854 Robert Austin led an expedition east and then north to the Murchison River. Disasters from a gun accident, poison plants, and thirst assailed them. After many tribulations they reached the Geraldine Mine on the Lower Murchison over two months
later. Their exploration inspired others to prospect the desert for both grass and gold, culminating in the opening of the area in the 1880s, and the finding of rich goldfields. More than 150 years after his difficult and perilous journey Austin is now placed among the premier explorers of the Australian outback.
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