Diary and journal [manuscript]. 1860-1871.

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Diary and journal [manuscript]. 1860-1871.

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Diary, 21 Aug. to 25 Oct. 1861, of travels in the pastoral districts of Victoria, N.S.W. and South Australia with cuttings illustrating the Burke and Wills expedition (91 p.). In it he describes meeting with the expedition just outside Melbourne. He was also in Menindie when Wright and the rest of the party returned and gives their version of what happened. Journal of a voyage from Melbourne to London in the ship "Clarence" (1871), preceded by twenty pages of notes from Lyell's "Elements of Geology"

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Clarence (Ship)

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Gow, Robert Biggart.

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Explorer. From the description of Diary and journal [manuscript]. 1860-1871. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225836754 ...

Burke and Wills Expedition 1860-1861

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The Victorian Exploring Expedition organised by the Royal Society of Victoria for the purpose of traversing the Australian continent. The leader of the expedition was Robert O'Hara Burke. From the description of Records [manuscript]. (Libraries Australia). WorldCat record id: 225756989 ...