Mr Stuart's Track, 9780330423618
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A loner’s journey across Australia: discovery, rivalry, endurance, and tragedy.
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Mr Stuart's Track

the forgotten life of australia's greatest explorer

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  • Paperback

    352 pages

  • Release Date

    30 June 2007

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Summary

Mr. Stuart’s Track: A Journey Through the Red Centre

On 14 May 1858, an expedition led by John McDouall Stuart ventured from a copper mine on the edge of the known world in the North Flinders Ranges. The Australian continent stretched thousands of kilometers further, a mystery to European eyes. This was the first of six expeditions by Stuart, aged 42, to uncover the secrets of the interior and create a path to the north.

He found himself in a race across the continent agains…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780330423618
ISBN-10:0330423614
Author:John Bailey
Publisher:Pan Macmillan Australia
Imprint:Picador Australia
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:352
Edition:1st
Release Date:30 June 2007
Weight:257g
Dimensions:196mm x 129mm x 23mm
About The Author

John Bailey

John Bailey’s bestselling book The White Divers of Broome won the NSW Premier’s Award for History and the WA Premier’s Award for Non-fiction, as well as being short-listed for The Age Non-fiction Book of the Year, The Courier Mail Book of the Year and the Victorian Premier’s Literary Award for Non-fiction. He lives in northern New South Wales.

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