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03442aam a22005777a 4500 001 C1CA351A6B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 003 SILO 005 20160826010517 008 120801s2011 vraab b f001 0 eng d 010 $a 2012453059 020 $a 0643103341 (epub) 020 $a 9780643103344 (epub) 020 $a 0643103333 (epdf0 020 $a 9780643103337 (epdf0 020 $a 0643103325 (hbk) 020 $a 9780643103320 (hbk) 035 $a (OCoLC)730047778 040 $a AU@ $b eng $c AU@ $d DLC $d UKMGB $d YAM $d YDXCP $d BWX $d BTCTA $d IWA $d SILO 042 $a lccopycat $a lccopycat 043 $a u-at--- 050 00 $a DU102 B87 2011 245 00 $a Burke & Wills : $b the scientific legacy of the Victorian Exploring Expedition / $c edited by E.B. Joyce and D.A. McCann. 246 3 $a Burke and Wills 260 $a Collingwood, Vic. : $b CSIRO Pub. ; $c c2011. 300 $a xxiv, 343 p. : $b ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; $c 26 cm. 500 $a "The Royal Society of Victoria." 530 $a Also issued in electronic version via the Internet. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references and index. 505 0 $a Conflicting priorities : exploration, science, politics and personal ambition / Doug McCann and Bernie Joyce -- William John Wills as a scientist / Frank Leahy -- The botanical legacy of Ferdinand Mueller and Hermann Beckler / Linden Gillbank -- Zoology : an encounter with the fauna of Australia's unique arid environment. Introduction / Bernard Mace ; Mammals / Peter W. Menkhorst ; Birds / Rory O'Brien and Craig Robertson ; Reptiles / Bernard Mace ; Fishes / Bernard Mace ; Insects and other invertebrates / Alan L. Yen -- Hydrologic insights of inland Australia / C.R. Lawrence -- Meteorology : a remarkable set of early inland observations / John A.T. Bye -- The space between : Aboriginal people, the Victorian Exploring Expedition and the relief parties / Harry Allen -- Conclusion : rewriting history / Doug McCann and Bernie Joyce -- Appendixes. Timeline of principal events / Doug McCann ; Expedition personnel / Doug McCann ; Biographies of the principal scientists / Dave Phoenix ; Instructions to the leader and scientific officers ; The art of the Victorian Exploring Expedition / Elizabeth Ninnis. 520 $a Reveals for the first time the true extent and limits of the scientific achievements of both the Burke and Wills expedition and the various relief expeditions which followed. 611 20 $a Burke and Wills Expedition $d (1860-1861) 600 10 $a Burke, Robert O'Hara, $d 1821-1861. 600 10 $a Wills, William John, $d 1834-1861. 650 0 $a Desert animals $z Australia. 650 0 $a Desert ecology $z Australia. 650 0 $a Aboriginal Australians. 650 0 $a Natural history $z Australia. 650 0 $a Natural history $z Australia $x History. 650 0 $a Ethnology $z Australia $x History. 650 0 $a Science $z Australia $x History. 650 0 $a Scientific expeditions $z Australia. 651 0 $a Australia $x Description and travel. 651 0 $a Australia $x Discovery and exploration. 700 1 $a Joyce, E. B. $q (Edmund Bernard), $d 1934- 700 1 $a McCann, D. A. $q (Douglas Andrew), $d 1948- 710 2 $a State Library of Victoria. 710 2 $a Royal Society of Victoria (Melbourne, Vic.) 941 $a 1 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160826033910.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=C1CA351A6B5311E69AFE1DDBDAD10320 994 $a C0 $b IWAInitiate Another SILO Locator Search