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- Frontmatter
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- CHAPTER I DR. LEICHHARDT'S EXPEDITION OVERLAND FROM MORETON BAY TO PORT ESSINGTON IN THE YEARS 1844 AND 1845
- CHAPTER II THE EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN STURT INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA IN THE YEARS 1844, 45, AND 46
- CHAPTER III EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIACONTINUED
- CHAPTER IV SIR THOMAS MITCHELL'S FOURTH EXPEDITION, DISCOVERY OF THE BARCOO
- CHAPTER V KENNEDY'S EXPLORATIONS OF THE BARCOO AND OF THE YORK PENINSULA, 1847
- CHAPTER VI THE EXPEDITION OF MR. ROBERT AUSTIN, ASSISTANT SURVEYOR, INTO THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, IN 1854
- CHAPTER VII EXPEDITION FOR THE EXPLORATION OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA IN 1855–6, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. A. C. GREGORY
- CHAPTER VIII THE EXPEDITIONS OF JOHN M'DOUALL STUART, EXTENDING FROM ADELAIDE TO THE NORTH SEA, FROM 1858 TO 1862
- CHAPTER IX THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF VICTORIA IN 1860-1 UNDER THE COMMAND OF MESSRS. BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER X EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF THAT OF MESSRS. BURKE AND WILLS, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. ALFRED WILLIAM HOWITT, 1861-2
- CHAPTER XI THE JOURNEY OF BURKE AND WILLS TO THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA, AND RETURN TO COOPER'S CREEK
- CHAPTER XII THE EXPLORATION EXPEDITION OF MR. McKINLAY IN SEARCH OF BURKE AND WILLS IN 1861 AND 1862
- CHAPTER XIII LANDSBOROUGH'S EXPEDITION FROM THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA IN QUEST OF BURKE AND WILLS, 1861
- CHAPTER XIV MR. FREDERICK WALKER'S EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER XV EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1856–57–58, AND 59
- CHAPTER XVI EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1856–57–58, AND 59, CONTINUED
- CHAPTER XVII AUGUSTUS C. GREGORY'S EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF DR. LEICH HARDT'S REMAINS
- CHAPTER XVIII EXPEDITIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN 1858 AND 1861, BY MR. FRANK T. GREGORY
- CHAPTER XIX EXPEDITION FOR BRINGING DOWN THE REMAINS OF BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER XX CONCLUSION OF DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA
- CHAPTER XXI INCIDENTS OF DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND
- CHAPTER XXII DISCOVERY OF THE INSULARITY OF THE SOUTH ISLAND
- CHAPTER XXIII DISCOVERIES IN THE MIDDLE ISLAND CONTINUED
- CHAPTER XXIV OPENING COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST COAST
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CHAPTER XIX - EXPEDITION FOR BRINGING DOWN THE REMAINS OF BURKE AND WILLS
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 August 2011
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- CHAPTER I DR. LEICHHARDT'S EXPEDITION OVERLAND FROM MORETON BAY TO PORT ESSINGTON IN THE YEARS 1844 AND 1845
- CHAPTER II THE EXPEDITION OF CAPTAIN STURT INTO CENTRAL AUSTRALIA IN THE YEARS 1844, 45, AND 46
- CHAPTER III EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIACONTINUED
- CHAPTER IV SIR THOMAS MITCHELL'S FOURTH EXPEDITION, DISCOVERY OF THE BARCOO
- CHAPTER V KENNEDY'S EXPLORATIONS OF THE BARCOO AND OF THE YORK PENINSULA, 1847
- CHAPTER VI THE EXPEDITION OF MR. ROBERT AUSTIN, ASSISTANT SURVEYOR, INTO THE INTERIOR OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA, IN 1854
- CHAPTER VII EXPEDITION FOR THE EXPLORATION OF NORTHERN AUSTRALIA IN 1855–6, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. A. C. GREGORY
- CHAPTER VIII THE EXPEDITIONS OF JOHN M'DOUALL STUART, EXTENDING FROM ADELAIDE TO THE NORTH SEA, FROM 1858 TO 1862
- CHAPTER IX THE EXPLORING EXPEDITION OF VICTORIA IN 1860-1 UNDER THE COMMAND OF MESSRS. BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER X EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF THAT OF MESSRS. BURKE AND WILLS, UNDER THE COMMAND OF MR. ALFRED WILLIAM HOWITT, 1861-2
- CHAPTER XI THE JOURNEY OF BURKE AND WILLS TO THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA, AND RETURN TO COOPER'S CREEK
- CHAPTER XII THE EXPLORATION EXPEDITION OF MR. McKINLAY IN SEARCH OF BURKE AND WILLS IN 1861 AND 1862
- CHAPTER XIII LANDSBOROUGH'S EXPEDITION FROM THE GULF OF CARPENTARIA IN QUEST OF BURKE AND WILLS, 1861
- CHAPTER XIV MR. FREDERICK WALKER'S EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER XV EXPEDITIONS OF DISCOVERY IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1856–57–58, AND 59
- CHAPTER XVI EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS IN SOUTH AUSTRALIA IN 1856–57–58, AND 59, CONTINUED
- CHAPTER XVII AUGUSTUS C. GREGORY'S EXPEDITION IN QUEST OF DR. LEICH HARDT'S REMAINS
- CHAPTER XVIII EXPEDITIONS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA IN 1858 AND 1861, BY MR. FRANK T. GREGORY
- CHAPTER XIX EXPEDITION FOR BRINGING DOWN THE REMAINS OF BURKE AND WILLS
- CHAPTER XX CONCLUSION OF DISCOVERY IN AUSTRALIA
- CHAPTER XXI INCIDENTS OF DISCOVERY AND SETTLEMENT IN NEW ZEALAND
- CHAPTER XXII DISCOVERY OF THE INSULARITY OF THE SOUTH ISLAND
- CHAPTER XXIII DISCOVERIES IN THE MIDDLE ISLAND CONTINUED
- CHAPTER XXIV OPENING COMMUNICATION WITH THE WEST COAST
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Summary
One more enterprise and we have arrived at the close of this eventful history. When we commenced it, Australia was a terra incognita. It is now a populous land, boasting no less than five states or colonies, with its swarming cities and cultivated farms. It has become the greatest grazing and wool-growing country in the world. Its gold is poured into Europe with a Pactolian profusion, and already it is planning the foundation of new colonies. The swarm which fled the paternal hive but the other day is now casting off new swarms of its own. But all this marvellous developement of energy and life has been produced by the labours of self-sacrificing explorers and bold adventurers on sea and land, in discovery and commerce, many of whom have laid down their lives in the desert. It was decreed, however, that the remains of the last martyrs to discovery should be brought from their far off graves to receive the public honours of a great funeral and a monument. The same leader who had so successfully conducted the expedition, which sought and found the remains of this brave but unfortunate party, was again selected for this melancholy duty.
Mr. Alfred Howitt quitted Melbourne on this service on the 9th of December, 1861. His party this time consisted of twelve persons, including Messrs. W. F. Welch, surveyor, Dr. Murray, who volunteered to go as surgeon to the party, and for which purpose the Melbourne Hospital Committee had freely allowed him six months' absence; Weston Phillips and A. Aitkin, both of whom had been with Howitt not only on the last journey to Cooper's Creek, but also in the Gippsland mountains ; Henry Burrell; and H. L. Galbraith.
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- The History of Discovery in Australia, Tasmania, and New ZealandFrom the Earliest Date to the Present Day, pp. 352 - 380Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2011First published in: 1865