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Driven : Francis Edwin Birtles : trans-Australian overlander, cinematographer & writer / Terry G Birtles.

Driven : Francis Edwin Birtles : trans-Australian overlander, cinematographer & writer / Terry G Birtles.
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ISBN 9781925588798
Author Birtles, Terry G. (Terry Grant) (author)
Title Driven : Francis Edwin Birtles : trans-Australian overlander, cinematographer & writer / Terry G Birtles.
Publisher and/or associated date/s North Melbourne, Vic : Australian Scholarly, 2019.
©2019.
Description xxiv, 372 pages : illustrations, maps, portraits ; 23 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 353-364) and index.
Contents Foreword -- Preface -- List of figures -- Acknowledgements -- Part One: Early life (1881 - 1906) -- Seafarer -- South Africa -- Part Two: Cycling exploits (1904 - 1912) -- Fremantle to Bondi -- Port Darwin and back -- Twice around Australia -- Part Three: Trans-Australian exploration (1912 - 1917) -- First Australian West-Est motor crossing -- Filming cinema movies of outback Australia -- Ford motor promotion and inland cinematography -- In the tracks of Burke and Wills -- Motoring to the Gulf with Clive -- Maxwell promotion and overland records -- Part Four: Photoplay adventures (1917 - 1923) -- To the tip of Cape York -- Flying high -- Federal mission - North-South railway -- The first flight to central Australia -- Cinematographic misfortune -- Part Five: Never Never country (1923 - 1926) -- Focus of the empty Gulf and Arnhem Land -- The 1924 Ellis Northern Territory Expedition -- Adventures in an Oldsmobile -- The Bean Transcontinental Test -- Part Six: London to Australia (1927 - 1928) -- The Ellis Imperial Six Experiment -- Success in the 'Sundowner' -- Part Seven: Wanderlust (1929 - 1941) -- The lure of gold -- Memories -- Caravanning with Nea -- Postscript -- Appendices 1: Family tree of David Edwin Birtles and Sarah Jane Bartlett -- 2: Summary of travel ventures, Francis Edwin Birtles.
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When in 1907 Francis Birtles arrived in Sydney after cycling the vast distance from Fremantle a large crowd welcomed him. Over the next two decades, his 'overlanding' achievements were honoured by cycling and motoring enthusiasts, and tens of thousands mustered for his 1928 completion of the first successful London-Rangoon-Darwin-Brisbane-Sydney-Melbourne car venture (his Bean 'Sundowner' is preserved in the National Museum of Australia, Canberra). City dwellers were captivated by Birtles' cinematographic movies of inland Australia, including his retracing of the 1860-61 route by the tragic Burke and Wills expedition. His many newspaper articles encouraged greater public awareness of the remoteness of pioneer life, including Aboriginal customs and native flora and fauna. This book includes many photographs and draws upon his observations and comments by contemporaries.
Subjects Birtles, Francis, -- 1881-1941
Adventure and adventurers -- Australia -- Biography
Cinematographers -- Australia -- Biography
Authors -- Australia -- Biography
Automobile driving -- Australia
Automobile travel -- Australia
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