Dig. The Burke And Wills Saga

Cover Type: Hardcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: Very Good
Publisher: Angus And Robertson
Publisher Place: Sydney
Publisher Year: 1991
Edition: Reprint

Description: 182 pages. Book and Jacket are both in Very good condition throughout. The Expedition, The First To Cross Australia From South To North, Travelled Through Some Of The Most Inhospitalable Desert Country In The World And From The Beginning The Journey Was Plagued With Tragedies.

Publishers Description: When British surveyor, William John Wills, and Irish police officer, Robert OHara Burke, set off in 1860 to cross the continent from south to north, they did so with very little experience in bushcraft.The Burke and Wills expedition has become an immortal part of Australian history. Frank Clunes meticulously researched account captures the heroic and enduring saga in all its drama and pathos.

ISBN: 0207144133