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Australia Twice Traversed: Volume 2 - The Romance of Exploration (Paperback)
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Australia Twice Traversed: Volume 2 - The Romance of Exploration (Paperback)
Series: Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
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Ernest Powell Giles (1835-97) is best remembered as one of the
first explorers of South Australia. Powell emigrated to Australia
with his parents in 1850, settling in Adelaide. From 1861 he was
leading small-scale expeditions along the Darling River, searching
for land suitable for cultivation. Following the completion of the
Overland Telegraph Line between Adelaide and Darwin in 1872, Powell
embarked on five expeditions attempting to discover an overland
route between Adelaide and Perth. These volumes, first published in
1889, provide a detailed and dramatic account of his discoveries.
Based on Powell's personal journals, these volumes describe in
vivid detail the hardships and dangers of exploration in Australia
in the nineteenth century, while providing an evocative description
of the South Australian landscape before colonisation. Volume 2
deals with Powell's expeditions in 1874 and 1875, including his
discovery of the Great Victoria Desert and his return journey.
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