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'In 1860, an expedition set out from Melbourne, Australia, into the
interior of the country, with the mission to find a route to the
northern coast. Headed by Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills,
the party of adventurers, scientists, and camels set out into the
outback hoping to find enough water and to keep adequate food stores for
their trek into the bush. Almost one year later, Burke, Wills, and two
others from their party, Gray and King, reached the northern shore but
on their journey back, they were stranded at Cooper's Creek where all
but King perished. Cooper's Creek is a gripping, intense
historical narrative about the harshness of the Australian outback and
the people who were brave enough to go into the very depths of that
uncharted country.' (Publisher's blurb)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also braille, sound recording.
Works about this Work
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The Literature of Burke and Wills
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Queensland History Journal , February vol. 21 no. 8 2012; (p. 537-550) -
'There Are No Lost Cities in Australia' : Losing and Finding Australia in the Work of Alan Moorehead
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 19 no. 1 1999; (p. 70-83) -
Selected Books
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: The London Magazine , January vol. 3 no. 10 1964; (p. 95, 97-98)
— Review of Cooper's Creek 1963 single work prose
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Selected Books
1964
single work
review
— Appears in: The London Magazine , January vol. 3 no. 10 1964; (p. 95, 97-98)
— Review of Cooper's Creek 1963 single work prose -
The Literature of Burke and Wills
2012
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Queensland History Journal , February vol. 21 no. 8 2012; (p. 537-550) -
'There Are No Lost Cities in Australia' : Losing and Finding Australia in the Work of Alan Moorehead
1999
single work
criticism
— Appears in: Australian Literary Studies , May vol. 19 no. 1 1999; (p. 70-83)
Awards
- 1963 winner Royal Society of Literature Prize
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