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"Combining the heroic, the tragic, the bizarre and the humorous, this history book takes the reader along the intriguing highways and byways of Australian exploration, focusing on the tricks and tools of the explorers trade. Impeccably researched and featuring many extracts from explorers diaries and letters, it is packed with ripping yarns and fascinating details revealing the identities, experiences, motivations and in particular the modus operandi of Australias colonial explorers. It focuses on many of Australia's lesser known explorers: Aborigines, women, convicts, non British." -- Provided by publisher.… (más)
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To Worogan, Euranabie, Tommy Winditj, Jimmy Moorhouse, Charley, Brown, jackey, Wylie, Bungaree, Bundell, Yarri, Yagan, Nemarluk, Pemulwuy and jandamarra.
They were Bravehearts all, in their own and very different ways.
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Andrew Montgomery was in agony with a spear 8 centimetres into his back.
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All the same, the Malte-Brun exploration model has a definite entertainment value, and when you look at some of the genuine heroes and fools who lurched and stumbled around and through Australia, who would dare call Malte-Brun's proposal far-fetched?
"Combining the heroic, the tragic, the bizarre and the humorous, this history book takes the reader along the intriguing highways and byways of Australian exploration, focusing on the tricks and tools of the explorers trade. Impeccably researched and featuring many extracts from explorers diaries and letters, it is packed with ripping yarns and fascinating details revealing the identities, experiences, motivations and in particular the modus operandi of Australias colonial explorers. It focuses on many of Australia's lesser known explorers: Aborigines, women, convicts, non British." -- Provided by publisher.
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