Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia (Volume 1)
Eyre's 1840–41 expeditions north from Adelaide and his punishing journey west along the Great Australian Bight to King George Sound. Volume 1 only.
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Edward John Eyre (author) died in 1901. Australian copyright then lasted 50 years after the author's death, so it ended on 31 December 1951. The 2005 extension to 70 years did not revive copyright that had already expired.
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First published in 1845. In the United States, works published before 1 January 1931 are in the public domain.
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Contents
- JOURNALS OF EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA AND OVERLAND FROM ADELAIDE TO KING GEORGE'S SOUND IN THE YEA
- by
- EDWARD JOHN EYRE
- PREFACE.
- CONTENTS OF VOLUME I.
- LIST OF PLATES--VOLUME I.
- VOLUME I
- JOURNAL OF EXPEDITIONS IN CENTRAL AND SOUTHERN AUSTRALIA IN 1840.
- Chapter I.
- Chapter II.
- Chapter III.
- Chapter IV.
- Chapter V.
- Chapter VI.
- Chapter VII.
- Chapter VIII.
- Chapter IX.
- Chapter X.
- Chapter XI.
- Chapter XII.
- Chapter XIII.
- Chapter XIV.
- Chapter XV.
- Chapter XVI.
- Chapter XVII.
- Chapter XVIII.
- APPENDIX.
- The End
