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The Resource Explorers : filling in the map of Australia, Chris Miles

Explorers : filling in the map of Australia, Chris Miles

Label
Explorers : filling in the map of Australia
Title
Explorers
Title remainder
filling in the map of Australia
Statement of responsibility
Chris Miles
Creator
Author
Subject
Genre
Language
eng
Summary
Exploring Australia wasn't easy. First, someone had to find it. Then someone had to work out how much of it there was. Then someone had to find out what was in it. From ocean voyages to desert crossings, discover how European explorers put their lives on the line to fill in the map of Australia
Cataloging source
ANL
http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
Miles, Chris
Dewey number
919.404
Illustrations
  • illustrations
  • maps
Index
index present
Intended audience
For primary school age
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
bibliography
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Explorers
  • Australia
  • Australia
Target audience
juvenile
Label
Explorers : filling in the map of Australia, Chris Miles
Instantiates
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • still image
  • cartographic image
  • text
Content type code
  • sti
  • txt
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Janszoon and the voyage of the Duyfken: the first chart of Australia -- Hartog: blown off course -- Tasman: naming New Holland -- Cook and the voyage of the Endeavour: discovering the east coast of New Holland -- Beyond Sydney: early inland explorers -- Hume and Hovell: overland to the south coast -- Sturt: the inland sea -- Eyre and Wylie: crossing the Nullabor -- Leichhardt: lost in the desert -- Stuart: blind ambition -- Burke and Wills: one-way trip -- Giles, Gosse and Warburton: the Western deserts -- Epilogue
Control code
000043672505
Dimensions
30 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
30 pages
Isbn
9781742030920
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
colour illustrations, maps
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)298653535
Label
Explorers : filling in the map of Australia, Chris Miles
Publication
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Carrier category
volume
Carrier category code
  • nc
Carrier MARC source
rdacarrier
Content category
  • still image
  • cartographic image
  • text
Content type code
  • sti
  • txt
Content type MARC source
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
  • rdacontent
Contents
Janszoon and the voyage of the Duyfken: the first chart of Australia -- Hartog: blown off course -- Tasman: naming New Holland -- Cook and the voyage of the Endeavour: discovering the east coast of New Holland -- Beyond Sydney: early inland explorers -- Hume and Hovell: overland to the south coast -- Sturt: the inland sea -- Eyre and Wylie: crossing the Nullabor -- Leichhardt: lost in the desert -- Stuart: blind ambition -- Burke and Wills: one-way trip -- Giles, Gosse and Warburton: the Western deserts -- Epilogue
Control code
000043672505
Dimensions
30 cm.
Edition
First edition.
Extent
30 pages
Isbn
9781742030920
Isbn Type
(paperback)
Media category
unmediated
Media MARC source
rdamedia
Media type code
  • n
Other physical details
colour illustrations, maps
Specific material designation
regular print
System control number
(OCoLC)298653535

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