Description |
48 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, portraits ; 29 cm |
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regular print |
Series |
Young Reed |
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Young Reed
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Contents |
A Land like no other -- Secrets and Lies -- Europeans arrive -- Terra nullius: an injustice -- Cook's findings -- Discovering the Colony -- Life as a navigator -- French forays -- Bass and Flinders --Curiosities of nature -- Beyond the beaches -- Mountain men -- Inland arteries -- Aboriginal guidance -- Lost in the deserts -- Across the continent -- Greener pastures -- Snowy discoveries -- Discovering the wild west -- Terror at the top end -- In their honour -- A timeline of discovery -- Activities -- Glossary -- Want to know more -- Index |
Summary |
"Imagine stumbling across a forgotten continent, a place like nowhere else on Earth. A place inhabited by strange hopping mammals, venomous snakes, and Aborigines who hurl spears at your approach. You made it across vast, treacherous oceans, surviving on stale, fast diminishing provisions, and now that you've discovered the fabled Great Southern Land, you have to record its riches before you risk the long journey home. Although most nations knew of Australia from the 1600s at least, it took until 1788 for Europeans to settle it. The reason for that was mostly that the Europeans who saw New Holland thought the land dismal, uninspiring and lacking in riches. It might not have been settled at all if it hadn't been that Britain eventually decided the desolate, remote island would make a great prison! Learn about the first Europeans to discover the coastline of Australia, as well as the more glamorous explorers who headed into the continent's rugged, mysterious interior. The life of an overland explorer was far from glamorous. Men battled thirst, starvation, flies and mosquitoes, as well as illness and injury, in their quest to add their names to maps or history books".--back cover |
Analysis |
Australian |
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Exploration & discovery (Australasia) |
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juvenile Nonfiction |
Notes |
Learn about the first Europeans to map the coastline of Australia, as well as the explorers who headed into the continents's rugged interior |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographic references and index |
Audience |
For primary school age |
Subject |
Explorers -- Australia -- Juvenile literature.
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Explorers -- Australia -- History -- Juvenile literature.
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Explorers -- Australia -- History.
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Explorers -- Australia.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308 -- Juvenile literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674
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Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79021326 -- Discovery and exploration http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99002238 -- Juvenile literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674
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Australia -- History http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009591 -- Juvenile literature.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674
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ISBN |
9781921580277 |
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