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Australia Twice Traversed

Ernest Giles (1835–1897)

Journal · first published 1889 · London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle & Rivington

Giles's five expeditions of 1872–76 into Central and Western Australia, including the Gibson Desert.

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Contents

  1. AUSTRALIA TWICE TRAVERSED:
  2. The Romance of Exploration,
  3. BEING
  4. A NARRATIVE COMPILED FROM THE JOURNALS
  5. OF
  6. FIVE EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS
  7. INTO AND THROUGH
  8. Central South Australia, and Western Australia,
  9. FROM 1872 TO 1876.
  10. BY
  11. ERNEST GILES
  12. Fellow, and Gold Medallist, of the Royal Geographical Society of London.
  13. GO FORTH, MY BOOK, AND SHOW THE THINGS, PILGRIMAGE UNTO THE PILGRIM BRINGS. Bunyan.
  14. ILLUSTRATION 1
  15. PORTRAIT OF THE AUTHOR. Signed: “Yours faithfully, Ernest Giles.”
  16. CONTENTS.
  17. AUTHOR'S NOTES.
  18. INTRODUCTION.
  19. PREFACE.
  20. BOOK 1.
  21. BOOK 2.
  22. BOOK 3.
  23. BOOK 4.
  24. BOOK 5.
  25. APPENDIX.
  26. INDEX.
  27. ILLUSTRATIONS.
  28. Maps
  29. AUTHOR'S NOTES.
  30. ILLUSTRATION 0
  31. Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society of London. “Victoria D.G. Britanniarum Regina, 1837, Patrona. Or, Terras Re
  32. INTRODUCTION.
  33. PREFACE.
  34. Map 1
  35. First Expedition, 1872.
  36. BOOK 1.
  37. CHAPTER 1.1. FROM 4TH TO 30TH AUGUST, 1872.
  38. ILLUSTRATION 2
  39. CHAMBERS' PILLAR.
  40. ILLUSTRATION 3
  41. THE Moloch horridus.
  42. CHAPTER 1.2. FROM 30TH AUGUST TO 6TH SEPTEMBER, 1872.
  43. ILLUSTRATION 4
  44. VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.
  45. ILLUSTRATION 5
  46. THE PALM-TREE FOUND IN THE GLEN OF PALMS.
  47. CHAPTER 1.3. FROM 6TH TO 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1872.
  48. CHAPTER 1.4. FROM 17TH SEPTEMBER TO 1ST OCTOBER, 1872.
  49. CHAPTER 1.5. FROM 1ST TO 15TH OCTOBER, 1872.
  50. ILLUSTRATION 6
  51. GLEN EDITH.
  52. CHAPTER 1.6. FROM 15TH OCTOBER, 1872 TO 31ST JANUARY, 1873.
  53. ILLUSTRATION 7
  54. PENNY'S CREEK.
  55. ILLUSTRATION 8
  56. ESCAPE GLEN—THE ADVANCE.
  57. ILLUSTRATION 9
  58. ESCAPE GLEN—THE RETREAT.
  59. ILLUSTRATION 10
  60. MIDDLETON'S PASS AND FISH PONDS.
  61. ILLUSTRATION 11
  62. JUNCTION OF THE PALMER AND FINKE.
  63. Map 2
  64. Second Expedition, 1873-4.
  65. BOOK 2.
  66. NOTE TO THE SECOND EXPEDITION.
  67. CHAPTER 2.1. FROM THE 4TH TO THE 22ND AUGUST, 1873.
  68. ILLUSTRATION 12
  69. AN INCIDENT OF TRAVEL.
  70. CHAPTER 2.2. FROM 22ND AUGUST TO 10TH SEPTEMBER, 1873.
  71. ILLUSTRATION 13
  72. TIETKEN'S BIRTHDAY CREEK AND MOUNT CARNARVON.
  73. ILLUSTRATION 14
  74. ON BIRTHDAY CREEK.
  75. ILLUSTRATION 15
  76. ENCOUNTER WITH THE NATIVES AT “THE OFFICER,” MUSGRAVE RANGE.
  77. ILLUSTRATION 16
  78. THE FAIRIES' GLEN.
  79. CHAPTER 2.3. FROM 10TH SEPTEMBER TO 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1873.
  80. ILLUSTRATION 17
  81. ZOE'S GLEN.
  82. CHAPTER 2.4. FROM 30TH SEPTEMBER TO 9TH NOVEMBER, 1873.
  83. CHAPTER 2.5. FROM 9TH NOVEMBER TO 23RD DECEMBER, 1873.
  84. ILLUSTRATION 18
  85. THE STINKING PIT.
  86. CHAPTER 2.6. FROM 23RD DECEMBER, 1873 TO 16TH JANUARY, 1874.
  87. ILLUSTRATION 19
  88. ATTACK AT FORT MUELLER.
  89. CHAPTER 2.7. FROM 16TH JANUARY TO 19TH FEBRUARY, 1874.
  90. ILLUSTRATION 20
  91. DRAGGED BY DIAWAY.
  92. ILLUSTRATION 21
  93. ATTACK AT SLADEN WATER.
  94. CHAPTER 2.8. FROM 20TH FEBRUARY TO 12TH MARCH, 1874.
  95. ILLUSTRATION 22
  96. GILL'S PINNACLE.
  97. Map 3
  98. Australia, Showing The Several Routes.
  99. CHAPTER 2.9. FROM 12TH MARCH TO 19TH APRIL, 1874.
  100. ILLUSTRATION 23
  101. VIEW ON THE PETERMANN RANGE.
  102. ILLUSTRATION 24
  103. ATTACK AT THE FARTHEST EAST.
  104. ILLUSTRATION 25
  105. MOUNT OLGA, FROM SIXTY MILES TO THE WEST.
  106. CHAPTER 2.10. FROM 20TH APRIL TO 21ST MAY, 1874.
  107. ILLUSTRATION 26
  108. THE CIRCUS.
  109. ILLUSTRATION 27
  110. FIRST VIEW OF THE ALFRED AND MARIE RANGE.
  111. ILLUSTRATION 28
  112. THE LAST EVER SEEN OF GIBSON
  113. ILLUSTRATION 29
  114. ALONE IN THE DESERT.
  115. ILLUSTRATION 30
  116. JIMMY AT FORT MCKELLAR.
  117. CHAPTER 2.11. FROM 21ST MAY TO 20TH JULY, 1874.
  118. Map 4
  119. Third Expedition, 1875.
  120. BOOK 3.
  121. CHAPTER 3.1. FROM 13TH MARCH TO 1ST APRIL, 1875.
  122. CHAPTER 3.2. FROM 2ND APRIL TO 6TH MAY, 1875.
  123. ILLUSTRATION 31
  124. THE HERMIT HILL AND FINNISS SPRINGS.
  125. Map 5
  126. Fourth Expedition, 1875.
  127. BOOK 4.
  128. CHAPTER 4.1. FROM 6TH MAY TO 27TH JULY, 1875.
  129. ILLUSTRATION 32
  130. WYNBRING ROCK.
  131. CHAPTER 4.2. FROM 27TH JULY TO 6TH OCTOBER, 1875.
  132. ILLUSTRATION 33
  133. LITTLE SALT LAKE.
  134. ILLUSTRATION 34
  135. IN QUEEN VICTORIA'S DESERT
  136. ILLUSTRATION 35
  137. QUEEN VICTORIA'S SPRING.
  138. CHAPTER 4.3. FROM 6TH TO 18TH OCTOBER, 1875.
  139. ILLUSTRATION 36
  140. ATTACK AT ULARRING.
  141. CHAPTER 4.4. FROM 18TH OCTOBER TO 18TH NOVEMBER, 1875.
  142. ILLUSTRATION 37
  143. FORCING A PASSAGE THROUGH THE SCRUBS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
  144. ILLUSTRATION 38
  145. FIRST VIEW OF MT. CHURCHMAN.
  146. ILLUSTRATION 39
  147. THE FIRST WHITE MAN MET IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
  148. ILLUSTRATION 40
  149. ARRIVAL AT CULHAM (SAMUEL PHILLIPS'S.)
  150. ILLUSTRATION 41
  151. ARRIVAL AT PERTH.
  152. ILLUSTRATION 42
  153. ARRIVAL AT THE TOWN HALL, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
  154. Map 6
  155. Fifth Expedition, 1876.
  156. BOOK 5.
  157. CHAPTER 5.1. FROM 18TH NOVEMBER, 1875, TO 10TH APRIL, 1876.
  158. ILLUSTRATION 43
  159. FAREWELL TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA.
  160. CHAPTER 5.2. FROM 10TH APRIL TO 7TH MAY, 1876.
  161. CHAPTER 5.3. FROM 7TH MAY TO 10TH JUNE, 1876.
  162. ILLUSTRATION 44
  163. GLEN ROSS.
  164. CHAPTER 5.4. FROM 11TH JUNE TO 23RD AUGUST, 1876.
  165. ILLUSTRATION 45
  166. GLEN FERDINAND.
  167. CHAPTER 5.5. FROM 23RD AUGUST TO 20TH SEPTEMBER, 1876.
  168. APPENDIX.
  169. LIST OF PLANTS
  170. COLLECTED BY ERNEST GILES, F.R.G.S.,
  171. DURING HIS FIRST AND SECOND EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS,
  172. 1872-1874.
  173. (ARRANGED BY BARON VON MUELLER.)
  174. DILLENIACEAE:
  175. [Brassicaceae =] CRUCIFERAE:
  176. [Capparidaceae] CAPPARIDEAE:
  177. [Pittosporaceae] PITTOSPOREAE:
  178. DROSERACEAE:
  179. [Polygalaceae] POLYGALEAE:
  180. VIOLACEAE:
  181. GERANIACEAE:
  182. TILIACEAE:
  183. MALVACEAE:
  184. STERCULIACEAE:
  185. FRANKENIACAE:
  186. [Zygophyllaceae] ZYGOPHYLLEAE
  187. SAPINDACEAE:
  188. [Phytolaccaceae] PHYTOLACCEAE:
  189. [Caryophyllaceae] CARYOPHYLLEAE:
  190. [Aizoaceae] FICOIDEAE:
  191. [Portulacaceae] PORTULACEAE:
  192. [Chenopodiaceae] SALSOLACEAE:
  193. [Amaranthaceae] AMARANTACEAE:
  194. [Nyctaginaceae] NYCTAGINEAE:
  195. [not a family] LEGUMINOSAE:
  196. [Fabaceae (=Papilionaceae)]
  197. [Caesalpiniaceae]
  198. [Mimosaceae]
  199. EUPHORBIACEAE:
  200. [Urticaceae] URTICEAE:
  201. RHAMNACEAE:
  202. MYRTACEAE:
  203. STACKHOUSIACEAE:
  204. CUCURBITACEAE:
  205. LORANTHACEAE:
  206. SANTALACEAE:
  207. PROTEACEAE:
  208. [Thymelaeaceae] THYMELEAE:
  209. [Apiaceae =] UMBELLIFERAE:
  210. RUBIACEAE:
  211. [Asteraceae =] COMPOSITAE:
  212. CAMPANULACEAE:
  213. [Goodeniaceae] GOODENOVIACEAE:
  214. [Brunoniaceae]
  215. [Goodeniaceae]
  216. [Stylidaceae] STYLIDEAE:
  217. [Boraginaceae] ASPERIFOLIAE:
  218. [Lamiaceae =] LABIATIAE:
  219. VERBENACEAE:
  220. [Myoporaceae] MYOPORINAE:
  221. [Oleaceae] JASMINEAE:
  222. CONVOLVULACEAE:
  223. BIGNONIACEAE:
  224. [Asclepiadaceae] ASCLEPIADEAE:
  225. ACANTHACEAE:
  226. [Gentianaceae] GENTIANEAE:
  227. [Schrophulariaceae] SCROPHULARINAE:
  228. SOLANACEAE:
  229. PRIMULACEAE:
  230. [Casuarinaceae] CASUARINEAE:
  231. [?] CYCADEAE:
  232. [Cupressaceae] CONIFERAE:
  233. LILIACEAE:
  234. [?] PALMAE:
  235. TYPHACEAE:
  236. [Poaceae =] GRAMINEAE:
  237. CYPERACEAE:
  238. [Class: Pteropsida] FILICES:
  239. [Polypodiaceae]
  240. INDEX.

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