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by T. L. (Thomas Livingstone) Mitchell
Journal of an Expedition into the Interior of Tropical Australia - In Search of a Route from Sydney to the Gulf of Carpentaria (1848) - by - Lt. Col. Sir Thomas Livingstone Mitchell Kt. D.C.L. (1792-1855) Surveyor-General of New South Wales
Originally published in 1848
TO THE HONOURABLE THE SPEAKER AND MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL OF NEW SOUTH WALES, THIS JOURNAL OF AN EXPEDITION OF DISCOVERY, PETITIONED FOR BY THE COUNCIL, AND UNDERTAKEN AT THE EXPENSE OF THE COLONY, IS DEDICATED BY THEIR MOST OBEDIENT, HUMBLE SERVANT, T. L. MITCHELL
Language
en
Duration
~13 hours (754K characters)
Release date
2004-08-28
Rights
Public domain in the USA.

1792–1855
A soldier turned mapmaker, he became one of the key surveyors and explorers of colonial Australia. His journeys through southeastern Australia helped shape how the region was mapped, described, and settled.
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