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Examines The Journals of John McDouall Stuart (1865) and Bruce Chatwin's The Songlines and discusses common rhetorical strategies employed by Western travel writers of the colonial and postcolonial periods.
Examines Hurley's two expeditions in Papua in 1921-1922 and 1922-1923, and the various texts associated with them, especially his feature travel film and illustrated travel book, both titled Pearls and Savages.
Discusses the controversy surrounding the publication of the travelogue Broometown and its implications, as well as the strategies and structures of the book.