John Oxley
John Oxley

Author: Rob Tickle

Publisher: ETT Imprint

Published: 2020-02-01

Total Pages: 594

ISBN-13: 1925706842

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This immaculately and painstakingly researched book, through its biographies of Oxley, Evans, Fraser and Harris explains the impulses that drove these men to explore and map the colony, to collect, identify and categorise its flora. But it succeeds in doing more than that because it also elucidates the motivations that drove them to become colonial entrepreneurs, farmers and businessmen, who in the pursuit of individual wealth advanced colonial prosperity. This important book makes an invaluable contribution to our understanding of Australia's European origins. - Emeritus Professor Richard Waterhouse

Beyond the Black Stump
Beyond the Black Stump

Author: Alan Mayne

Publisher: Wakefield Press

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 386

ISBN-13: 9781862548008

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Historians have had little to say about the lands that stretch 'beyond the black stump'. These essays from around the country build inland Australia into our national history, crisscrossing both the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Contributors are Lorina Barker, Amanda Barry, Badger Bates, Peter Bishop, Nici Cumpston, Jean Duruz, Charles Fahey, Lionel Frost, Heather Goodall, Jenny Gregory, Patricia Grimshaw, Rodney Harrison, Rick Hosking, Darrell Lewis, Alan Mayne, Chrissiejoy Marshall, Margaret Somerville and Richard Waterhouse.

The Search for the Inland Sea
The Search for the Inland Sea

Author: Richard Johnson

Publisher: Melbourne University

Published: 2001

Total Pages: 338

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Biography of Australian explorer John Oxley (1783-1828), Surveyor-General of New South Wales. He made several expeditions along the Lachlan and Macquarie Rivers as he pursued his dream of finding an 'inland sea' in the Australian interior. He was supported by Governor Macquarie who was eager to find agricultural land for the growing colony. Includes photos and maps, bibliography and index. Author was a Research Surveyor with the Central Mapping Authority in NSW and holds a Bachelor of Survey from the University of New South Wales.

John Oxley
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Roma Reilly presents a biographical sketch of English explorer John Oxley (1785?-1828) for use by primary school children. Oxley participated in Australian exploratory trips of the Lachlan and the Macquarie River, as well as coastal surveys.