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Desert, drought, and death : the Border Exploration Syndicate Expedition to the Rawlinson Range 1899-1900 / by Henry William Hill ; edited by Mark Chambers and Peter J. Bridge

Record no:

68773

Call no:

994.15 HIL

Author:

Hill, Henry William, 1867-1943 ; Chambers, Mark ; Bridge, Peter J. (Peter John)

Publisher:

Carlisle, W.A.: Hesperian Press & M. G. Creasy

Year:

2009

Series:

Western Australian explorers' diaries project

Description:

xxvii, 131 p. : ill., facsims., maps, ports. ; 25 cm. + 2 folded maps in back pocket.

Subject:

Hill, Henry William, 1967-1943 - Diaries;
Border Exploration Syndicate Expedition (1899-1900);
Explorers - Western Australia - Diaries;
Explorers - South Australia - Diaries;
Rawlinson Range Region (W.A.) - Discovery and exploration;

Isbn:

9780859053839

Type:

Book

Abstract:

Nine months after leaving the North East Goldfields town of Menzies in Western Australia in 1899 with a party of five seasoned adventurers, Henry W. Hill struggled into Oodnadatta in the centre of South Australia with three of those men and half the camels.

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