Great Australian Journeys - Gripping stories of intrepid explorers, dramatic escapes and foolhardy adventure
By: Graham Seal
ISBN 10: 1760291013
ISBN 13: 9781760291013
ASIN: B01N3ORH7P
National Library of Australia Bib ID: 7250794
Libraries Australia ID: 60025258
OCLC Number: 962481571
eISBN 10: 1952535433
eISBN 13: 9781952535437
Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number:
Publisher: Allen & Unwin (2016)
Australia, Adventure, History, Anecdotes.
Australia's history is one of epic journeys, intrepid explorers, and mysterious disappearances in far-flung places. From perilous sea voyages to the distant south land, to forays across vast deserts on horseback, they are stories of endurance and misadventure, survival, and loss. Master storyteller Graham Seal has gathered together a gripping collection of famous and lesser-known journeys by land, sea, and air in the 19th and early 20th centuries. As Warren Fahey writes in his foreword, "Some journeys, like those of Burke and Wills, Lasseter's First Find, and the razing of the riverboat Rodney, are relatively well known. Others, mostly unknown, are tales of bravado, determination and, sometimes, sheer madness." From the comfort and safety of your armchair you can join some of Australia's bravest and also some of its most foolhardy men and women in their adventures.
Interesting section on The Great Escape from Stalag Luft III.
