Thomas Baines : exploring tropical Australia, 1856 to 1857 / edited by Jane Carruthers and Lindy Stiebel
- Bib ID:
- 5514568
- Format:
- Book
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Description:
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- Canberra : National Museum of Australia Press, 2012
- iv, 177 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.+ 1 large fold-out replica map in a pocket of the inside back cover.
- ISBN:
- 9781921953002
- Summary:
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This book focuses on a little known but fascinating contribution by Thomas Baines to Augustus Gregory's North Australian Expedition: the artist-explorer's audacious attempt, in an open longboat with two companions, to link up with Gregory at the Albert River at the southern end of the Gulf of Carpentaria.
- Notes:
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- "Large fold-out replica map" --Cover.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subject:
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- Baines, Thomas, 1820-1875
- Baines, Thomas, 1820-1875 -- Journeys -- Australia
- Gregory, Augustus Charles, Sir, 1819-1905 -- Journeys -- Australia
- Explorers -- Australia, Northern
- Artists -- Australia, Northern
- Art - Painting
- History - Biographies - Indigenous
- Weapons - Firearms
- Hunting - Turtle
- Mining industry - Gold
- Race relations - Representation - Art
- Settlement and contacts - Explorers
- Substance use - Alcohol
- Transport - Water - Canoes
- Technology - Fire
- Race relations - Violent
- Art - Artists - Non-Indigenous
- Substance use - Smoking / Tobacco
- History - Biographies - Non-Indigenous
- Australia, Northern -- Discovery and exploration
- Australia, Northern -- Description and travel
- Victoria River (North NT SD52, SE52)
- Port Essington (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Northern Territory (NT)
- Victoria River Downs (North NT SE52-04)
- Albert River (Burketown, Qld Gulf SE54-06)
- Raffles Bay / Fort Wellington (West Arnhem Land NT SC53-13)
- Australian
- Other authors/contributors:
- Available From:
- GPO Box 1901 Canberra ACT 2601
- Copyright:
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In Copyright
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Until 2062 [Created/Published Date + 50 Years]
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- Material type:
- Literary Dramatic Musical
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 2012
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