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Filling in the map : exploring inland Australia
Wilkinson, Carole, 1950-2025
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When the First Fleet arrived in Australia in 1788, Governor Arthur Phillip selected a sheltered cove as the site of Australia's first colony. Australia is a big place. It covers 7.7 million square kilometres. Filling in the Map is a history of the explorers who charted the coastlines, scaled the mountains and crossed the deserts in search of farmland and freshwater and filled the map of Australia.
Main title:
Filling in the map : exploring inland Australia / by Carole Wilkinson.
Author:
Imprint:
Melbourne, [Vic.] : Wild Dog Books, 2025.©2025
Collation:
39 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits (some colour) ; 22 x 31 cm.
Notes:
Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive.
Audience:
Interest grade level: Upper primary
Contents:
IntroductionCrossing the Blue MountainsA fortunate errorThe mysterious rivers of New South WalesThe disobedient Surveyor-GeneralThe head of the bightLostRace to disasterA wire across AustraliaNo justiceExplorers' foodGlossaryIndex.
ISBN:
9781742036557 (hardback)
Dewey class:
994.02
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
530192
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 994.02 FIL | Available |