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Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia and of Camp Life With the Aborigines of Queensland

Lumholtz, Carl, 1851-1922; Anderson, Rasmus Björn, 1846-1936 [Translator]

Among Cannibals: An Account of Four Years' Travels in Australia and of Camp Life With the Aborigines of Queensland — English source edition. Subject: Ethno...

Ethnology -- AustraliaNatural history -- AustraliaQueensland -- Description and travel
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Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative Of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits to the Islands in the Arafura Sea.

Stokes, John Lort, 1811-1885

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 1. With an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During The Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in the Years 1837-38...

Australia -- Description and travelAustralia -- Discovery and explorationNatural history -- Australia
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Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, in The Years 1837-38-39-40-41-42-43. By Command of the Lords Commissioners Of the Admiralty. Also a Narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's Visits To the Islands in the Arafura Sea

Stokes, John Lort, 1811-1885

Discoveries in Australia, Volume 2 Discoveries in Australia; with an Account of the Coasts and Rivers Explored and Surveyed During the Voyage of H.M.S. Bea...

Australia -- Description and travelAustralia -- Discovery and explorationNatural history -- Australia
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Explorations in Australia 1.-Explorations in search of Dr. Leichardt and party. 2.-From Perth to Adelaide, around the great Australian bight. 3.-From Champion Bay, across the desert to the telegraph and to Adelaide. With an appendix on the condition of Western Australia.

Forrest, John Forrest, Baron, 1847-1918

Explorations in Australia 1.-Explorations in search of Dr. Leichardt and party. 2.-From Perth to Adelaide, around the great Australian bight. 3.-From Champ...

Australia -- Description and travelAustralia -- Discovery and exploration
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Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia — Vol. 1 Performed between the years 1818 and 1822

King, Philip Parker, 1793-1856

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia — Vol. 1 Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — English source edition. Sub...

Australia -- Description and travelNatural history -- Australia
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Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia — Vol. 2 Performed between the years 1818 and 1822

King, Philip Parker, 1793-1856

Narrative of a Survey of the Intertropical and Western Coasts of Australia — Vol. 2 Performed between the years 1818 and 1822 — English source edition. Sub...

Australia -- Description and travelNatural history -- Australia
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Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia Performed Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, During the Years 1844, 5, and 6, Together With A Notice of the Province of South Australia in 1847

Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869

Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia Performed Under the Authority of Her Majesty's Government, During the Years 1844, 5, and 6, Together With...

Central Australia -- Discovery and explorationNatural history -- Australia -- Central AustraliaSouth Australia -- Description and travel
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Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia From Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria

Wills, William John, 1834-1861

Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia From Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria — English source edition. Subject: Australia -- Descript...

Australia -- Description and travelAustralia -- Discovery and explorationBurke and Wills Expedition, (1860-1861)
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The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula

Collett, Herbert Brayley, 1877-1947

The 28th: A Record of War Service in the Australian Imperial Force, 1915-19, Vol. I Egypt, Gallipoli, Lemnos Island, Sinai Peninsula — English source editi...

Australia. Australian Army. Battalion, 28thWorld War, 1914-1918 -- Regimental histories -- Australia
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The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt An Illustrated and Detailed Account of the Early Organisation and Work of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt in 1914-1915

Barrett, James W. (James William), Sir, 1862-1945; Deane, P. E. (Percival Edgar), 1890-1946

The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt An Illustrated and Detailed Account of the Early Organisation and Work of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt...

World War, 1914-1918 -- Campaigns -- EgyptAustralia. Australian Army. Medical CorpsMedicine, Military -- History
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The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 1492-1606, with Descriptions of their Old Charts.

Collingridge, George, 1847-1931

The First Discovery of Australia and New Guinea Being The Narrative of Portuguese and Spanish Discoveries in the Australasian Regions, between the Years 14...

Australia -- Discovery and exploration -- SpanishAustralia -- Discovery and exploration -- PortugueseOceania -- Discovery and exploration -- Spanish
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