Author: Ion Llewellyn Idriess
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Category : Lasseter's Reef (Legendary place)
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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Lasseter's last ride
Author: Ion Llewellyn Idriess
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Category : Lasseter's Reef (Legendary place)
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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Publisher:
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Category : Lasseter's Reef (Legendary place)
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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The Works of Ion L. Idriess: Lasseter's last ride
Author: Ion Llewellyn Idriess
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Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Languages : en
Pages : 322
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Lasseter's Last Ride ... Fifth Edition
Author: Ion Llewellyn Idriess
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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Languages : en
Pages : 251
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Lasseter's Last Ride, Etc
Author: Ion Llewellyn Idriess
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Languages : en
Pages : 237
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Languages : en
Pages : 237
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Lasseter's Last Ride
Author: Ion Idriess
Publisher: ETT Imprint
ISBN: 1925416933
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
(from The Spectator, May 1936) In his introduction to Lasseter's Last Ride (Cape, 7s. 6d.) Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood writes : "The annals of Central Australian exploration are tragic and heroic, but it is long indeed since I read a more moving story of endurance and heroism in the face of terrific odds than the epic which Mr. Ion Idriess has woven out of the last few months of the life of L. H. B. Lasseter." The reader will agree with this, and wonder why he has not heard of Mr. Idriess before. He is well known in Australia, but this is his first book to be published in England. It will not be his last, if the present one meets with the success it deserves. Having himself been a prospector, the story he has constructed out of the fragments of documentary evidence - a few reports, the barely legible diary and letters found buried near Lasseter's last camps - is probably very close to what actually happened. Harry Lasseter had once discovered a rich gold reef in unexplored west Central Australia. Owing to a faulty watch, the bearings he took were useless. An expedition was fitted out to locate it. From the first, misfortune dogged the steps of the party. Food ran short and they returned to the base-camp - all except Lasseter, who went on alone. When his two camels bolted he was left waterless in the desert. Blinded by sand and tortured by dysentry, he found the reef, but died shortly afterwards, deserted by a tribe of aborigines with whom he had tried to make friends. Mr. Idriess tells this story in a simple, virile style which is, in its intense economy, comparable to Hemingway at his best.
Publisher: ETT Imprint
ISBN: 1925416933
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 218
Book Description
(from The Spectator, May 1936) In his introduction to Lasseter's Last Ride (Cape, 7s. 6d.) Field-Marshal Sir William Birdwood writes : "The annals of Central Australian exploration are tragic and heroic, but it is long indeed since I read a more moving story of endurance and heroism in the face of terrific odds than the epic which Mr. Ion Idriess has woven out of the last few months of the life of L. H. B. Lasseter." The reader will agree with this, and wonder why he has not heard of Mr. Idriess before. He is well known in Australia, but this is his first book to be published in England. It will not be his last, if the present one meets with the success it deserves. Having himself been a prospector, the story he has constructed out of the fragments of documentary evidence - a few reports, the barely legible diary and letters found buried near Lasseter's last camps - is probably very close to what actually happened. Harry Lasseter had once discovered a rich gold reef in unexplored west Central Australia. Owing to a faulty watch, the bearings he took were useless. An expedition was fitted out to locate it. From the first, misfortune dogged the steps of the party. Food ran short and they returned to the base-camp - all except Lasseter, who went on alone. When his two camels bolted he was left waterless in the desert. Blinded by sand and tortured by dysentry, he found the reef, but died shortly afterwards, deserted by a tribe of aborigines with whom he had tried to make friends. Mr. Idriess tells this story in a simple, virile style which is, in its intense economy, comparable to Hemingway at his best.
Lasseter's Last Ride, an Epic of Central Australian Gold Discovery, by Ion Idriess ... Foreword by [Dr.] Herbert Basedow ... [New Edition.].
Author: Ion Lwellyn Idriess
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Lasseter's Last Ride
Author: Ion Llewellyn Idriess
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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Lasseter's Last Ride
Author: Ion Llewellyn Idriess
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Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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Category : Gold mines and mining
Languages : en
Pages : 251
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Lasseter's Last Ride
Author: Ion Idriess
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ISBN: 9781923024748
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Languages : en
Pages : 0
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ISBN: 9781923024748
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Pages : 0
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Gold
Author: Iain McCalman
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521805957
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Throughout history, gold has been the stuff of legends, fortunes, conflict and change. The discovery of gold in Australia150 years ago precipitated enormous developments in the newly settled land. The population and economy boomed in spontaneous cities. The effects on both the environment and indigenous Aboriginal peoples have been profound and lasting. In this book, a team of prominent historians and curators have collaborated to produce an innovative cultural history of gold and its impact on the development of Australian society.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521805957
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
Throughout history, gold has been the stuff of legends, fortunes, conflict and change. The discovery of gold in Australia150 years ago precipitated enormous developments in the newly settled land. The population and economy boomed in spontaneous cities. The effects on both the environment and indigenous Aboriginal peoples have been profound and lasting. In this book, a team of prominent historians and curators have collaborated to produce an innovative cultural history of gold and its impact on the development of Australian society.