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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    October 2012
    November 2011
    ISBN:
    9781139107624
    9781108039185
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139107624
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    Weight & Pages:
    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.52kg, 410 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Historical Geography, History, Australian History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
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    Subjects:
    Social and Population History, Historical Geography, History, Australian History
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - History of Oceania
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    John Forrest (1847–1918), was an Australian surveyor and explorer. At twenty-two, he led an expedition to determine the fate of Ludwig Leichardt, who had earlier disappeared in the western desert. The following year he surveyed the coastal route from Perth to Adelaide, establishing the possibility of a telegraph line. In 1874, he crossed the central western desert, a two-thousand mile journey which confirmed his heroic reputation. He received the founder's medal of the Royal Geographical Society in London and was appointed Deputy Surveyor-General. His account of these expeditions, published in 1875, is based on his diaries, with extracts from official letters and the newspapers that covered the events. Forrest became Premier of Western Australia, held several positions under the subsequent federal government, and was the first native-born Australian to be recommended for a barony. This book thus illuminates the political history of Australia and that of its geographical exploration.

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