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| Longitude |
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"The true story of a lone genius who solved the greatest scientific problem of his time" Longitude is the dramatic story of an epic scientific quest. The 'longitude problem' was the thorniest dilema of the eighteenth centuary. Lacking the ability to measure longitude, saliors throughout the great ages of exploration had been literally lost at sea.
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| Kokoda |
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Field Guide to the Kokda Track - An Historical Guide to the Lost Battlefields. Bill James. For those wishing to fully understand the history of the Kokoda Track, this book will be of great interest. For those intending to undertake the gruelling trek, it is essential reading. Bill James gives a fascinating description of the Kokoda campaign, relating it to the Tarack as it is today and as it was during World War Two. Photographs and diagrams, both historical and contemporary, illustrate this easily readable book. Includes a 1:100,000 scale waterproof map. 510 pages. $34.95
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| Len Beadell - Beating About The Bush |
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When your grader breaks down in the middle of the desert, there's only one thing you can do - attach it to your bulldozer and tow it back to civilisation.
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| Len Beadell - Blast The Bush |
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When the time came to explore part of Australia's outback for a weapons testing programme, Len Beadell was the natural choice to select and help prepare the site for a historic detonation in the lonely Australian back country.
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| Len Beadell - Bush Bashers |
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Working in all weathera, the Bush Bashers of Len Beadell's 'Gunbarrel Road Construction Party' built a network of roads stretching 6500 kilometers across almost unknown wilderness in Central Australia.
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| Len Beadell - End of an Era |
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As usual, it was hard work and rollicking adventure for the Gunbarrel Road Construction Party as they surveyed and built their last three highways across the deserts of Central Australia.
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| Len Beadell - A Lifetime in the Bush |
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Len Beadell and Mark Shephard shared the same passion for the Australian Bush. Mark has written Len's biography as his personal contribution to perpetuating the memory of a remarkable Australian.
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| DUNE is a four-letter word |
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Written By: Griselda Sprigg with Rob Maclean This book describes the Spriggs' pioneering adventures - not only in the Simpson Desert but across the vast Australian Outback, as the family joined Reg in his relentless geological explorations. Giselda Sprigg tells a story of true love, a heart-warming tale of a family working together, and a humorous, earthy yarn about the bush and its characters
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| Mr Stuarts Track |
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Written By: John Bailey Mr Stuarts Track is a fascinating study of a loner, an explorer of no fixed abode, who battled alcoholism and ill health to push himself to the limits of endurance in crossing straight through the Red Centre to the northern seas. With meticulous research and narrative skill, John Bailey has brilliantly re-created the life and journeys of Australia's greatest, and least understood explorer.
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| The Disputed Country - Australia's Lost Border |
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Written By: Bob Dunn This story chronicles the survey of the South Australian - Victorian border from 1847 - 1850. It was an epic three year saga of dogged persistence through heavy rain and flooded swamps, harrowing escapes from the waterless Mallee Country and the almost immediate destruction of the border markers by a devastating firestorm.
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| The Nullarbor Plain - A History |
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In The Nullarbor Plain - A History, the author Neville Collins examines, in a readable format, all aspects of that vast area bordering the Great Australian Bight which separates the eastern states from Western Australia.
The book is complemented by numerous historical and contemporary photographs, most of which are in colour. The Nullarbor Plain - A History is recommended reading for persons travelling, or intending to travel over the Nullarbor, or anyone interested in the Australian landscape.
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