Australian Explorers - Their Labours, Perils, and Achievements
George Grimm
Play
Length 6 h 50 min
Chapters 19
First published 1888
"The Story of the Exploration of Australia is one which we cannot willingly let die. There are many reasons for keeping alive the remembrance of such heroic deeds. It is due to the memory of those men who took their lives in their hands, and, in many cases, laid their bones in the desert; it is an act of gratitude on our part, who have entered on their labours; and it is a kind of information indispensable to every Australian who desires to know the history of his country." - Summary from the Author's Preface
Chapters
1
Preface Read by Son of the Exiles 6:43
2
Chapter I. The Pioneers of the Blue Mountains Read by Son of the Exiles 14:58
3
Chapter II. Surveyor Evan's Discovery of the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers and the Bathurst Plains Read by Son of the Exiles 4:16
4
Chapter III. Oxley's Expedition to the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers Read by Son of the Exiles 13:03
5
Chapter IV. Hume and Hovell's Expedition from Lake George to Port Phillip Read by Son of the Exiles 13:24
6
Chapter V. Allan Cunningham's Explorations Read by Son of the Exiles 21:15
7
Chapter VI. Captain Sturt's Three Expeditions Read by Son of the Exiles 49:40
8
Chapter VII. Eyre's Adventurous Journey Along the Great Australian Bight Read by Son of the Exiles 23:33
9
Chapter VIII. Sir Thomas Mitchell's Four Expeditions Read by Jim Locke 50:00
10
Chapter IX. Kennedy's Disastrous Expedition to Cape Yorke Read by Craig Franklin 15:45
11
Chapter X. Leichhardt's Expedition to Port Essington and into the Interior Read by Son of the Exiles 18:29
12
Chapter XI. Mr. A. C. Gregory's Expedition to the North-West Interior Read by Piotr Nater 6:44
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Chapter XII. Burke and Wills's Expedition Across the Australian Continent Read by Son of the Exiles 25:47
14
Chapter XIII. Search Expeditions in Quest of Burke and Wills Read by Jim Locke 17:33
15
Chapter XIV. John McDouall Stuart’s Expeditions in the South, to the Centre, and Across the Continent Read by Jim Locke 25:40
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Chapter XV. Colonel Warburton's Journey Across the Western Interior Read by Craig Franklin 18:04
17
Chapter XVI. The Hon. John Forrest's Explorations in Western Australia Read by jenno 16:05
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Chapter XVII. Mr. Ernest Giles's Explorations in Central and Western Australia Read by jenno 16:10
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Chapter XVIII. Other Explorers in Western Australia - Conclusion Read by jenno 12:58
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