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Author Caley, George, 1770-1829.

Title The Devil's Wilderness : George Caley's journey to Mount Banks, 1804 / editor: Alan E.J. Andrews
Edition <Special deluxe edition >
Published Hobart : Blubber Head Press, 1984

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Description 150 pages, 30 unnumbered pages of plates : maps ; 24 cm
Contents Includes Caley's account of the journey in November 1804 and his descriptions of plants
Summary Describes explorations with Aboriginal guides p. 11, 15, 75; mentions the Aboriginal sound 'Tugroy' may be the same as 'Tuggerah' a reference to the Georges River p. 28; mentions Currijon, now Kurrajong, from the Aboriginal name for the fibre used for string p. 42; appears Caley's route followed an Aboriginal trail p. 59; Caley's Fern Tree Hill had the Aboriginal name Tomah p. 62, 128; mentions seeing barked trees p. 95
Notes Col. ill. on lining papers
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 131-142
Subject Caley, George, 1770-1829 -- Travel -- Australia -- Blue Mountains (N. S. W. : Mountains)
Caley, George, 1770-1829.
Caley, George.
Banks, Mt., Region (N.S.W.) -- Discovery and exploration
Botany -- Australia -- Banks, Mount, Region (N.S.W.)
Botany -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Banks, Mount, Region
Botany -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Banks, Mt., Region
Botany -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Blue Mountains region
Botany -- Australia -- New South Wales -- Mount Banks Region
Botany -- Australia -- New South Wales.
Natural history -- Australia -- Blue Mountains (N.S.W.)
SUBJECT Banks, Mount, Region (N.S.W.) -- Discovery and exploration
Banks, Mt., Region (N.S.W.) -- Discovery and exploration
Blue Mountains (N.S.W.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85015079 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
Blue Mountains region (N.S.W.) -- Description and travel
Mount Banks Region (N.S.W.) -- Discovery and exploration
Author Andrews, Alan E. J. (Alan Edwin Joseph), 1926-
Blubber Head Press
LC no. 84243253
ISBN 0908528124