| Description |
xxxviii, 122 pages : illustrations, folded map, portraits, facsimiles ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Introduction / Valmai Hankel -- Personal reminiscences of Central Australia and the Burke and Wills expedition : inaugural address / by A.W. Howitt to the Eleventh Meeting of the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science held at Adelaide , 1907 -- Selected sketches made on the expedition led by Benjamin Herschel Babbage north west of Port Augusta 1858 / by Benjamin Herschel Babbage. -- Selected sketches made on the expedition led by Benjamin Herschel Babbage north west of Port Augusta 1858 / by David Herrgott -- Illustrations to the diaries of Burke & Wills expedition to Carpentaria attributed to Cuthbert Charles Clarke |
| Summary |
There are four major creators of this volume: Alfred Howitt ; Benjamin Herschel Babbage ; David Hergott ; and, Cuthbert Charles Clarke. The linchpin is Howitt's presidential address to the Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science, held at Adelaide in 1907 |
| Notes |
Edition limited to 400 copies of which 150 are numbered and bound in quarter leather |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Notes |
Bound in dark green cloth with embossed compass decoration, and with black quarter leather spine with gilt lettering and gold decorative embellishment |
| Subject |
Howitt, A. W. (Alfred William), 1830-1908 -- Travel.
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Howitt, A. W. (Alfred William), 1830-1908.
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| SUBJECT |
Burke and Wills Expedition (1860-1861) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/nb2006027032
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Babbage Expedition (1858-1859)
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Central Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035352 -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 -- Pictorial works.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001272
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Central Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035352 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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South Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79100617 -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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| Author |
Hankel, Valmai.
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Babbage, Benjamin Herschel, 1815-1878
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Herrgott, Joseph Franz Albert David, 1823-1861
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Clarke, Cuthbert (Ismir), 1818-1863.
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State Library of South Australia. Friends.
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Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting (11th : 1907 : Adelaide, S.A.)
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| LC no. |
2008428060 |
| ISBN |
9781876154486 hardback Deluxe edition |
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9781876154493 hardback Standard edition |
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