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Issue Details: First known date: 1889... 1889 Australia Twice Traversed : The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and through Central South Australia and Western Australia from 1872 to 1876
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Affiliation Notes

  • 19th-Century Australian Travel Writing

    Ernest Giles (1835-1897) explorer, Knight Chevalier of the Crown of Italy, F.R.G.S., London, Gold Medalist of the R.G.S for 1880 and fellow of various European geographical societies, was an explorer and early settler in South Australia and Victoria. In Australia Twice Traversed, Giles collated his journals from five exploring expeditions. His 1880 The Journal of a Forgotten Expedition was reproduced verbatim, accompanied by numerous illustrations and maps. This travel narrative described the landscape and exploration of central South Australia and Western Australia, over ten years after Giles' expedition. Established with a history of Australian exploration, this detailed narrative described Giles' journeys, experiences, the landscape, flora and fauna and Giles’ interactions with Aboriginal populations. The images portray encounters with the Aboriginal peoples, landscapes, and mapped charts of the party's journeys. Giles previously published Geographic Travels in Central Australia from 1872 to 1874 (1875) and The Journal of a Forgotten Expedition (1880).

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      Held at: Australian National University Australian National University Library
      Local Id: KXJ4 G472

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      Held at: La Trobe University Bundoora campus, Borchardt Library
      Local Id: 994.03 G472au

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      Held at: Deakin University
      Local Id: 919.42023 Gil/Att 1889

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      Held at: Monash University Monash University Library
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      Held at: National Library of Australia
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      Held at: State Library of Victoria
      Local Id: RARELT 919.4 G39A

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      Held at: State Library of Western Australia
      Local Id: 919.42 GIL

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      Held at: University of Tasmania Morris Miller Library
      Local Id: DU 102 .G5

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      Held at: University of Western Australia Library
      Local Id: 919.4 1889 AUS

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      Held at: University of New South Wales UNSW Library
      Local Id: VC 919.4/71

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      Held at: Library & Archives NT (Northern Territory)
      Local Id: NTC SP COLL 919.4 GILE
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Christmas Day in Central Australia Ernest Giles , 1913 extract prose children's (Australia Twice Traversed : The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and through Central South Australia and Western Australia from 1872 to 1876)
— Appears in: The School Paper for Grades VII and VIII , December no. 170 1913; (p. 180-183) North of the Ten Commandments : A Collection of Northern Territory Literature 1991; (p. 237-238) Giles describes the environment at Fort Mueller and the events of Christmas Day, 1873. The camp suffers an attack by 'a pack of fiends in human form and of aboriginal appearance'. Whilst acknowledging that his group of 'white-faced wretches' have deprived the indigenous people of food and land, Giles supports the firing of rifles in self-defence. Following the battle, The explorers enjoy a Christmas dinner of wallaby chops, damper and tea (having eaten their Christmas pudding two days earlier).
The Death of Gibson Ernest Giles , 1979 extract prose travel (Australia Twice Traversed : The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and through Central South Australia and Western Australia from 1872 to 1876)
— Appears in: Wide Domain : Western Australian Themes and Images 1979; (p. 20-23)
From : Australia Twice Traversed Ernest Giles , 2009 extract prose travel (Australia Twice Traversed : The Romance of Exploration, Being a Narrative Compiled from the Journals of Five Exploring Expeditions into and through Central South Australia and Western Australia from 1872 to 1876)
— Appears in: Macquarie PEN Anthology of Australian Literature 2009; (p. 143-147)
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Works about this Work

Exploration : The Australian Experience Paul Genoni , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Subverting the Empire : Explorers and Exploration in Australian Fiction 2004; (p. 21-70)
The Nineteenth-Century Australian Inland Exploration Journal and Pleasurable Instruction Kerry Heckenberg , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Bibliographical Society of Australia Bulletin , vol. 28 no. 1-2 2004; (p. 93-110)
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  • Western Australia,
  • 1870s
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