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Author Gilbert, Henri, 1865-

Title A Frenchman's walk across the Nullarbor : Henri Gilbert's diary, Perth to Brisbane 1897-1899 / translated and edited by Colin Dyer
Published Carlton, Vic. : Melbourne University Press, 2000

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 W'PONDS  919.42380432 Gil/Afw  AVAILABLE
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.)
South australia
Western Australia
Notes Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 185-186
Subject Gilbert, Henri -- Diaries.
Gilbert, Henri -- Travel -- Australia -- Nullarbor Plain (S.A. and W.A.)
Gilbert, Henri, 1865- -- Diaries.
Gilbert, Henri, 1865- -- Travel -- Australia -- Nullarbor Plain (S.A. and W.A.)
Journalists -- Travel -- Australia.
Journalists -- France -- Diaries.
Journalists -- France -- Travel -- Australia.
SUBJECT Australia -- Discovery and exploration. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
Australia -- History -- 1788-1900. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85009593
Nullarbor Plain (S.A. and W.A.) http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96006881 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
Genre/Form Biographies.
Diaries.
Author Dyer, Colin L.
LC no. 2001411813
ISBN 0522849164