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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910960718603321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Collingwood, Vic. : , : CSIRO Pub.; Melbourne : , : Published in association with the State Library of Victoria, , 2011
• ISBN: 9786613321220; 9780643103344; 0643103341; 9781283321228; 128332122X; 9780643103337; 0643103333
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• 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; Literature and stories - Non fiction - Scientific and professional; Settlement and contacts - Explorers; 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.