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Issue Details: First known date: 1849... 1849 Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia
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Affiliation Notes

  • Nineteenth-Century Travel Writing

    Captain Charles Sturt (1795-1869) of the 39th Regt. F.L.S. and F.R.G.S., famous explorer, soldier and public servant, led several expeditions into the interior of Australia. He began his two-volume Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia with a review of his previous exploration expeditions. The narrative of the journey proper was written in a conversational, first person tone, in a diary form, communicating his scientific hypotheses, as well as his detailed descriptions of the landscape through which he travelled, the Aboriginal people that he encountered, and the climate and geography. The second volume ended with an account of Adelaide and South Australia. Sturt also wrote Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia (1833).

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • London,
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      England,
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      United Kingdom (UK),
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      Western Europe, Europe,
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      T. and W. Boone ,
      1849 .
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      Alternative title: Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia, Performed under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, during the Years 1844, 5, and 6. Together with a Notice of the Province of South Australia, in 1847.
      Link: 21963171Full text document (vol. 1) Sighted: 03/06/2021 Link: 21963175Full text document (vol. 2) Sighted: 03/06/2021
      Extent: 2v.p.
      Description: illus. (some col.), col. map.

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      Held at: University of New South Wales UNSW Library
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      Held at: Australian National University Australian National University Library
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      Held at: Flinders University of South Australia
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      Held at: State Library of Tasmania State Library of Tasmania
      Location: Allport Library
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      Held at: Macquarie University Macquarie University Library
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      Local Id: DU390 .S93/1849

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      Held at: University of Newcastle Auchmuty Library
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      Held at: University of Western Australia Library
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Last amended 15 Mar 2022 13:02:14
Subjects:
  • North East South Australia, Far North South Australia, South Australia,
  • Central Australia,
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