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Record Nr.

UNINA9910781559703321

Titolo

Burke & Wills : the scientific legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition / / edited by E.B. Joyce and D.A. McCann

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Collingwood, Vic. : , : CSIRO Pub.

Melbourne : , : Published in association with the State Library of Victoria, , 2011

ISBN

0-643-10334-1

1-283-32122-X

9786613321220

0-643-10333-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (369 pages)

Altri autori (Persone)

JoyceE. B <1934-> (Edmund Bernard)

McCannDouglas Andrew <1948->

Disciplina

994.03

Soggetti

Desert animals - Australia

Desert ecology - Australia

Aboriginal Australians

Natural history - Australia

Natural history - Australia - History

Ethnology - Australia - History

Science - Australia - History

Scientific expeditions - Australia

Australia Description and travel

Australia Discovery and exploration

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"The Royal Society of Victoria."

Reprinted with corrections 2012.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Contents; Foreword Peter Thorne; List of contributors; Acknowledgements; Introduction Dave Phoenix; Chapter 1 Conflicting priorities: exploration, science, politics and personal ambition; Chapter 2 William John Wills as scientist; Chapter 3 Geology, soils and landscapes of the expedition route; Chapter 4 The botanical legacy of Ferdinand Mueller and Hermann Beckler; Chapter 5 Zoology: an



encounter with the fauna of Australia's unique arid environment; Introduction; Mammals; Birds; Reptiles; Fishes; Insects and other invertebrates; Chapter 6 Hydrologic insights of inland Australia

Chapter 7 Meteorology: a remarkable set of early inland observations; Chapter 8 The space between: Aboriginal people, the Victorian Exploring Expedition and the relief parties; Chapter 9 Conclusion: rewriting history; Appendixes; Timeline of principal events; Expedition personnel; Biographies of the principal scientists; Instructions to the leader and scientific officers; The art of the Victorian Exploring Expedition; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Reveals for the first time the true extent and limits of the scientific achievements of the Burke and Wills Expedition.