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A tragedy.
A cruel and inevitable defeat.
This disastrous and foolhardy expedition...The largest, the most expensive and worst led expedition yet seen in Australia.
Burke was a pathfinder; and although he made disastrous mistakes and hasty decisions, as a men in the field faced with the physical task of conquering a barren wilderness, his display of courage and dogged endurance grips the imagination.
An unbelievable adventure story of hubris and heroism - the attempted mapping of the mysterious Australian interior in 1860 and the explorers who foolishly caused their demise.
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Subjects:
- The Explorers and Other Poems 1874 selected work poetry drama extract
- Dig : A Drama of Central Australia 1937 single work novel
- Australian Explorers (from 1818 to 1876) in Rhyme 1892 selected work poetry
- Cooper's Creek 1963 single work prose
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