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ERNEST GILES: Explorer and Traveller 1835 – 1897

Ericksen, Ray
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AUSTRALIANA Aboriginal Indigenous

Frequent references to Aborigines with accounts of violent conflict with expeditions.

William Ernest Powell Giles (20 July 1835 – 13 November 1897), best known as Ernest Giles, was an Australian explorer who led five major expeditions to parts of South Australia and Western Australia.

xi, 307 p., [16]p. of plates : ill., maps, ports ; 24 cm.  #241222 Includes bibliographical references ( p. [287]-291) and index.

Giles, Ernest, 1835-1897.  |  Explorers — Australia — Biography.  |  Settlement and contacts – Explorers.  |  Race relations – Violent – Massacres, murders, poisonings etc. – To 1900.  |  Australia — Discovery and exploration.  |  South Australia – Central Australia (SA SG52, SG53)  |  South East Western Australia (SE WA SH51, SH52, SI51, SI52)  |  Western Australia – Central Australia (WA SE52, SF52, SG52)  |  Northern Territory – Central NT.  |  Western Desert (WA SF51, SF52, SG51, SG52)  |  South Australia – Far West (SA SH52, SI52)

 

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AuthorEricksen, Ray
Number of pages318
PublisherHesperian Press
Year Published1997
Binding Type

Softcover
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