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'On 14 May 1858, an expedition of discovery led by John McDouall Stuart departed from a copper mine located on the very edge of the known world in the North Flinders Ranges. The Australian continent stretched for another 2,000 kilometres to the north and 2,500 to the west and no white man had the slightest idea of what was there. It was to be the first of six expeditions mounted by Stuart, then aged 42, as he sought to uncover the mysteries of the interior and forge a path to the north. Ultimately he was to become part of a race across the continent, his rivals being the Burke and Wills expedition. In the end Stuart was to be the first European to cross Australia from south to north and return again, as the cumbersome expedition of Burke and Wills turned from farce to tragedy. Yet his hero's homecoming was to be short lived. Mr Stuart's Track is a fascinating study of a loner, an explorer of no fixed abode, who battled alcoholism and ill health to push himself to the limits of endurance in crossing straight through the red centre to the northern seas.' (Publisher's blurb)
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Dedication: To Campbell
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Very briefly mentioned in Anne Susskind's review column in the Bulletin, 14 November 2006, p.78.
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
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Off the Shelf
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 October 2006; (p. 28)
— Review of Mr Stuart's Track : The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest Explorer 2006 single work biography -
Explorer's Physical and Emotional Torture
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 22 August vol. 16 no. 11 2006;
— Review of Mr Stuart's Track : The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest Explorer 2006 single work biography -
Explorer Stuart as One of Our 'Known Known'
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 August 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of Mr Stuart's Track : The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest Explorer 2006 single work biography -
Explorer Could Not Find Himself
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 August 2006; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Mr Stuart's Track : The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest Explorer 2006 single work biography -
Scot of the Outback
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 August 2006; (p. 37)
— Review of Mr Stuart's Track : The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest Explorer 2006 single work biography
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Scot of the Outback
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 5-6 August 2006; (p. 37)
— Review of Mr Stuart's Track : The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest Explorer 2006 single work biography -
Explorer Could Not Find Himself
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 5-6 August 2006; (p. 14-15)
— Review of Mr Stuart's Track : The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest Explorer 2006 single work biography -
Explorer Stuart as One of Our 'Known Known'
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 26 August 2006; (p. 14)
— Review of Mr Stuart's Track : The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest Explorer 2006 single work biography -
Explorer's Physical and Emotional Torture
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: Eureka Street , 22 August vol. 16 no. 11 2006;
— Review of Mr Stuart's Track : The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest Explorer 2006 single work biography -
Off the Shelf
2006
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 28 October 2006; (p. 28)
— Review of Mr Stuart's Track : The Forgotten Life of Australia's Greatest Explorer 2006 single work biography
Awards
- 2007 winner Mark and Evette Moran Nib Award for Literature
- 2007 shortlisted National Biography Award
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