Description |
xii, 195 pages, 14 pages of plates : illustrations, maps, plates ; 21 cm |
Summary |
"In the late nineteenth century, French journalist Henri Gilbert set out to walk around the world. When Gilbert came to Australia he crossed the continent from Perth to Brisbane. He travelled on foot across the Nullarbor Plain, an arduous leg of the journey, taking some five and a half months. Gilbert kept a diary of the crossing in his meticulously tidy hand. That 173-page diary is a treasure that, by chance, was uncovered by Colin Dyer when he was browsing in the John Oxley Library in Brisbane." "The diary includes photographs of Gilbert himself and the people he met on his way, as well as cuttings about his journey from the local newspapers of the time. At each stop the diary is authenticated by a signed attestation from the station-master, the hotel owner, the postmaster or the local mayor."--BOOK JACKET |
Analysis |
Nullarbor plain (s. aust. and w.a.) |
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South australia |
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Western Australia |
Notes |
Includes index |
Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages 185-186 |
Subject |
Gilbert, Henri -- Diaries.
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Gilbert, Henri -- Travel -- Australia -- Nullarbor Plain (S.A. and W.A.)
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Gilbert, Henri, 1865- -- Diaries.
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Gilbert, Henri, 1865- -- Travel -- Australia -- Nullarbor Plain (S.A. and W.A.)
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Journalists -- Travel -- Australia.
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Journalists -- France -- Diaries.
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Journalists -- France -- Travel -- Australia.
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SUBJECT |
Australia -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
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Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593
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Nullarbor Plain (S.A. and W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96006881 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
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Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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Diaries.
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Author |
Dyer, Colin L.
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LC no. |
2001411813 |
ISBN |
0522849164 |
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