The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work

The Project Gutenberg EBook of The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work, by Ernest Favenc This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.net Title: The Explorers of Australia and their Life-work Author: Ernest Favenc Release Date: January 26, 2004 [EBook #10840] Language: English Character set encoding: ASCII *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK EXPLORERS OF AUSTRALIA *** Produced by Amy M Zelmer, Sue Asscher THE EXPLORERS OF AUSTRALIA AND THEIR LIFE-WORK. BY ERNEST FAVENC, Explorer, and Author of The History of Australian Exploration, The Geographical Development of Australia, Tales of the Austral Tropics, The Secret of the Australian Desert, etc., and Voices of the Desert (Poems). 1908. GO TO TABLE OF CONTENTS [Advertisement] THE MAKERS OF AUSTRALASIA. EARLY VOLUMES (IN PREPARATION). CAPTAIN COOK and his Predecessors in Australasian Waters, by REGINALD FORD, F.R.G.S., Member of the British National Antarctic Expedition. GOVERNOR PHILLIP and his Immediate successors, BY F.M. BLADEN, Chief Librarian, Public Library, Sydney. EDWARD GIBBON WAKEFIELD, by THE EDITOR. SIR GEORGE GREY, by JAMES COLLIER, sometime Librarian, General Assembly Library, Wellington. Captain Charles Sturt, aged about 54 years. From the painting by Crossland. AUTHOR'S PREFACE.