| Description |
4 volumes : illustrations, plates (part color, part folded), maps (part folded) ; 27 cm |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Introduction, narrative, summary of results, supplement to zoological report, map / W. A. Horn ... [et al.]. -- pt. 2. Zoology / Baldwin Spencer ... [et al.]. -- pt. 3. Geology and botany / Ralph Tate and J. A. Watt. -- pt. 4. Anthropology / E. C. Stirling |
| Summary |
The purpose of this scientific expedition, sponsored by mining magnate and philanthropist William Austin Horn, and with Charles Winnecke as commander and surveyor, was to examine the MacDonnell Ranges on the not unreasonable premise that 'when the rest of the Continent was submerged the elevated portions of the McDonnell [sic] Range existed as an island, and that consequently older forms of life might be found in the more inaccessible parts'. This in fact proved not to be the case, but the expedition (of some fourteen weeks and 2000 camel miles undertaken between May and August 1894) was an outstanding success. 'It was not the intention ... to explore a new region ... But in the pursuit of natural history the expedition split into independent groups and explored undiscovered areas, thus filling in more of the blank spaces in this vast region' (Feeken, Feeken and Spate). 'These volumes constitute one of the most substantial contributions in nineteenth-century Australian exploration [but perhaps more importantly, the expedition is] a landmark in anthropological history because it resulted in [Baldwin] Spencer meeting Frank Gillen' (Mulvaney) |
| Notes |
Ferguson no. 16071 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Notes |
Also issued online |
| Restricted |
Mediated access: access to First Nations materials may be restricted while an audit, reparative description and reclassification of these materials is in progress |
| Subject |
Horn scientific expedition
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Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia (1894)
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Horn Scientific Exploring Expedition (1894)
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Aboriginal Australians -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Aboriginal Australians.
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Anthropology -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Botany -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Ethnology -- Australia.
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Geology -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Horn Scientific Expedition to Central Australia, (1894)
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Natural history -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Natural history -- Australia.
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Scientific expeditions -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Scientific expeditions.
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Zoology -- Australia -- Central Australia.
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Anthropology.
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Botany.
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Expeditions.
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Geology.
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Zoology.
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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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Australia -- Discovery and exploration.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2008114308
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Central Australia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81035352 -- Description and travel. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001278
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
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Australia. https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D001315 |
| Author |
Stirling, E. C. (Edward Charles), 1848-1919.
Anthropology
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Tate, Ralph, 1840-1901.
Geology and botany
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Horn, W. A. (William Austin), 1841-1922
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Spencer, Baldwin, 1860-1929.
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| LC no. |
16017552 |
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