Description: OUTBACK IN AUSTRALIA OR THREE AUSTRALIAN OVERLANDERS Being an account of the longest Overlanding journey ever attempted in Australia with a single horse, and including chapters on various phases of Outback Life CAPTAIN WALTER KILROY HARRIS, D.S.O., M.C., F.R.G.S., F.R.C.I. With Map and 29 Illustrations from Photographs And an Index LETCHWORTH: GARDEN CITY PRESS 1919 Third Edition. Signed and inscribed. Leaving Newcastle on October 30th, 1911 the forward route was over a distance of 1,321 miles, via the South Coast of New South Wales, through Victoria by way of the Gipps-land Forests, Melbourne, Ballarat, the Western District and Serviceton, and then across the " Ninety Mile Desert " in South Australia. A month was spent in Adelaide, and the return journey was commenced on February 14th, being via the Renmark, Wentworth, and Mildura Irrigation settlements on the Murray River, and across the western plains of New South Wales. CONTENTS THE HOSPITALITY OF OUTBACK AUSTRALIA ADELAIDE TO THE MURRAY "SHIPS OF THE DESERT"—THE CAMEL IN AUSTRALIA BLANCHTOWN TO RENMARK RENMARK IRRIGATION COLONY RENMARK TO CAL LAL THE OUTBACK GOAT PIONEER PASTORALISTS AS PATHFINDERS LAKE VICTORIA TO WENTWORTH WENTWORTH AND THE DARLING MILDURA—THE RESCUE OF A HOWLING WILDERNESS "KNOCKING DOWN A CHEQUE" OUR STAY AT "BONNIE DOON" SELECTION "DOGS AND DOGGERS"—THE AUSTRALIAN DINGO WE LEAVE THE MURRAY AT EUSTON COACHING IN OUTBACK AUSTRALIA ALONG THE MURRUMBIDGEE THE RABBIT IN AUSTRALIA YANGA TO HAY THE OUTBACK PARSON THE AUSTRALIAN SUNDOWNER ILLILIWA TO BRINGAGEE WARANGESDA ABORIGINAL MISSION STATION DARLINGTON POINT TO WELLINGTON WELLINGTON TO NEWCASTLE ACROSS THE NINETY-MILE DESERT IN A SULKY THE CONQUEST OF THE VICTORIAN MALLEE SETTLEMENT ON THE MURRAY RIVER, SOUTH AUSTRALIA THE NORTH COAST DISTRICT OF NEW SOUTH WALES INDEX 22 x 14 cm. 224 pp. Very good condition. Cloth on the spine faded and frayed at the head. Corners of the boards bumped. Light foxing to the endpapers, page edges age toned. Map of Australia pasted to the rear endpaper. Signed and inscribed by the author on the front free endpaper. Get images that make Supersized seem small. THE simple solution for eBay sellers.
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Author: W Harris
Binding: Hardback
Language: English
Non-Fiction Subject: Travel Guides & Travel Stories
Original/Facsimile: Original
Region: Australia, Oceania
Signed: Yes
Special Attributes: Illustrated, Inscribed
Year Printed: 1919
