Journal of a Tour of Discovery Across the Blue Mountains, New South Wales in the Year 1813

Journal of a Tour of Discovery Across the Blue Mountains, New South Wales in the Year 1813

Gregory Blaxland

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Format: paperback
16 pages
ISBN: 9781920897482
Publication: 01 Jul 2004
Series: SUP Classics
Publisher: Sydney University Press

Journal of a Tour of Discovery Across the Blue Mountains in New South Wales in the Year 1813 was first published in 1823. It is a romantic and descriptive narrative of the journey to find a path across the Blue Mountains and received a great reception both in England and in Australia.


Subjects: Australian classics, Geographical discovery & exploration, Geographical discovery and exploration, Gregory Blaxland, Professional and scholarly, Sydney University Press

Gregory Blaxland (1778–1853) was an English born pioneer, farmer and explorer in Australia, and co-lead the first successful crossing of the Blue Mountains by European settlers.

Preface

To Sir John Oxley Parker, Esq., of Chelmsford, Essex

A journals, &C.

Appendix: government order

Format: paperback
Size: 210 x 148 mm
Pages: 16
Copyright: 2004
ISBN: 9781920897482
Publication: 01 Jul 2004
Series: SUP Classics