| ISBN |
9781921953002 (pbk.) |
| Author |
Carruthers, Jane |
| Title |
Thomas Baines exploring tropical Australia, 1856 to 1857 / edited by Jane Carruthers and Lindy Stiebel. |
| Other title |
Thomas Baines, exploring tropical Australia, eighteen hundred and fifty five to eighteen hundred and fifty seven |
| Edition |
1st ed. |
| Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Canberra : National Museum of Australia Press, 2012. |
| Description |
iv, 177 p. : col. ill., facsims., maps (some col.) ; 24 cm.+ 1 fold-out replica map in pocket, inside back cover. |
| Note |
"Large fold-out replica map" --Cover. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
'Duties of a particulary harassing nature': Thomas Baines and the north Australian expedition of 1855-57 -- 'No region of the earth presents a greater geographical problem': the imperial context of the Gregory expedition to northern Australia -- 'Cooeing to the natives': Thomas Baines's encounters with the Other on the north Australian expedition of 1855-57 -- Thomas Baines: the heroic figure in the landscape -- Manuscript map by Thomas Baines depicting the tracks of the brigantine Messenger and her longboat in 1856 -- Thomas Baines: extracts of journals kept during the north Australian expedition, 30 January 1856-3 April 1857. |
| Subjects |
Baines, Thomas, -- 1820-1875 |
| Gregory, Augustus Charles, -- Sir,1819-1905 |
| Explorers -- Australia, Northern |
| Artists -- Australia, Northern |
| Australia, Northern -- Discovery and exploration |
| Australia, Northern -- Description and travel |
| Other Authors &/or Associated Persons |
Carruthers, Jane |
| Stiebel, Lindy |
| Other Corporate Bodies |
National Museum of Australia |
| Call number |
NMA G 2012 |
| NMA 2012 (2 copies) |
