Issue Details: First known date: 1937... 1937 The Exploits of Major Mitchell : The Solving of the Mystery of Portland Bay
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This, the nineteenth in a series on pioneers and explorers, tells of the explorations and life of Major Thomas Livingston Mitchell, focusing on a day in 1836 when Mitchell and his fellow explorers crept up to a hut on the shores of Portland Bay. It also tells of the death of the botanist Richard Cunningham at the hands of Aboriginal men.

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    y separately published work icon The Queenslander 5 August 1937 Z1725253 1937 newspaper issue 1937 pg. 3,36
Last amended 27 Sep 2010 10:56:16
Subjects:
  • Darling River, Far West NSW, New South Wales,
  • Lachlan River, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
  • Portland, Lithgow area, Central West NSW, New South Wales,
  • St George area, Darling Downs, Queensland,
  • Barcoo River, Isisford - Windorah area, South West Queensland, Queensland,
  • 1792-1855
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