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200 00$aBurke & Wills $ethe scientific legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition /$fedited by E.B. Joyce and D.A. McCann
210  1$aCollingwood, Vic. :$cCSIRO Pub. ;$aMelbourne :$cPublished in association with the State Library of Victoria,$d2011.
215   $a1 online resource (369 pages)
300   $a"The Royal Society of Victoria."
300   $aReprinted with corrections 2012.
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320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aCover; 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
327   $aChapter 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
330   $aReveals for the first time the true extent and limits of the scientific achievements of the Burke and Wills Expedition.
606   $aDesert animals$zAustralia
606   $aDesert ecology$zAustralia
606   $aAboriginal Australians
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606   $aEthnology$zAustralia$xHistory
606   $aScience$zAustralia$xHistory
606   $aScientific expeditions$zAustralia
607   $aAustralia$xDescription and travel
607   $aAustralia$xDiscovery and exploration
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615  0$aScientific expeditions
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701   $aJoyce$b E. B$g(Edmund Bernard),$f1934-$01495535
701   $aMcCann$b Douglas Andrew$f1948-$01495536
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712 02$aRoyal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.)
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