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Explorations in Australia: The Journals of John McDouall Stuart

John McDouall Stuart (1815–1866)

Journal · first published 1864 · London: Saunders, Otley (edited by William Hardman)

Stuart's six expeditions of 1858–62, ending with the first south–north crossing of the continent from Adelaide to the Arafura Sea.

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In Australia

John McDouall Stuart (author) died in 1866. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 1916. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.

William Hardman (editor) died in 1890. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 1940. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.

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First published in 1864. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.

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rights.json, checked 2026-10-19. Death dates: John McDouall Stuart (Wikidata, ADB, catalogue); William Hardman (Wikidata, catalogue). First publication: reference.

Contents

  1. THE JOURNALS
  2. OF
  3. JOHN McDOUALL STUART
  4. DURING THE YEARS
  5. 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, and 1862,
  6. WHEN HE FIXED THE CENTRE OF THE CONTINENT AND SUCCESSFULLY CROSSED IT FROM SEA TO SEA.
  7. EDITED FROM MR. STUART'S MANUSCRIPT BY WILLIAM HARDMAN, M.A., F.R.G.S., etc.
  8. With Maps, a Photographic Portrait of Mr. Stuart, and twelve Engravings drawn on wood by George French Angas, from Sketc
  9. (SANS CHANGER. S.O. AND CO.)
  10. ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.
  11. PREFACE BY THE EDITOR.
  12. CONTENTS.
  13. LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS.
  14. EXPLORATIONS IN AUSTRALIA.
  15. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH-WEST. MAY TO SEPTEMBER, 1858.
  16. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S SECOND EXPEDITION (IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE TORRENS). APRIL TO JULY, 1859.
  17. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S THIRD EXPEDITION (IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE TORRENS). NOVEMBER, 1859, TO JANUARY, 1860.
  18. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S FOURTH EXPEDITION—FIXING THE CENTRE OF THE CONTINENT. FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER, 1860.
  19. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S FIFTH EXPEDITION. FROM NOVEMBER, 1860, TO SEPTEMBER, 1861.
  20. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART'S SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF AUSTRALIA. FROM DECEMBER, 1861, TO DECEMBER, 1862.
  21. APPENDIX.
  22. ON A COLLECTION OF BIRDS FROM CENTRAL AUSTRALIA.
  23. BY JOHN GOULD, F.R.S., ETC.
  24. DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW SPECIES OF FRESHWATER SHELLS COLLECTED BY MR. F.G. WATERHOUSE, DURING J. McDOUALL STUART'S OVERLAND
  25. Description of a new Helix from the interior of Australia, by Dr. L. Pfeiffer.
  26. ENUMERATION OF THE PLANTS COLLECTED DURING MR. J. McDOUALL STUART'S EXPEDITIONS ACROSS THE AUSTRALIAN CONTINENT IN 1860,
  27. INDEX.
  28. THE END.

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