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Burke and Wills The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition

McCann, D. A.; Joyce, E. B.
ISBN-10: 0643103325
ISBN-13: 9780643103320

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This book challenges the common assumption that little or nothing of scientific value was achieved during the Burke and Wills expedition. The Royal Society of Victoria initiated the Victorian Exploring Expedition as a serious scientific exploration of the hitherto unexplored centre of Australia. Members of the expedition were sent 10 pages of detailed instructions on scientific measurements and observations to be carried out, covering about a dozen areas of science.

The tragic ending of the expedition meant that the results of the scientific investigations were not reported or published. Burke and Wills: The Scientific Legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition rectifies thishistoric omission.

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Conflicting priorities: exploration, science, politics and personal ambition


William John Wills as scientist


Geology, soils and landscapes of the expedition route


The botanical legacy of Ferdinand Mueller and Hermann Beckler


Zoology: an encounter with the fauna of Australia's unique arid environment


Hydrologic insights of inland Australia


Meteorology: a remarkable set of early inland observations


The space between: Aboriginal people, the Victorian Exploring Expedition and the relief parties


Conclusion: rewriting history

List price:	$59.95
Edition:	2011
Publisher:	CSIRO Publishing
Binding:	Trade Cloth
Pages:	368
Size:	7.00" wide x 9.75" long x 1.00" tall
Weight:	2.13 lbs.
Language:	English

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