Journey To Cooper's Creek

By: Hermann Beckler

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Paperback | 9 February 2024 | Edition Number 1

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The account of Hermann Beckler, German medical officer and botanical collector with the Burke and Wills expedition, translated and published for the first time.

First-hand accounts of the myth-laden Burke and Wills expedition are remarkably few, in contrast to the reams of subsequent commentary and conjecture. Wills's journal and statements by others in the party were published at the time, but little more.

Hermann Beckler, botanical collector and doctor to the expedition, wrote the only other substantial account, in his native German. The manuscript remained with his family for nearly a century. It is now published for the first time.

This highly readable account, with drawings and maps, offers insights into the causes of the expedition's failure-an ill-chosen leader and route, and inappropriate and excessive supplies. In increasingly desperate conditions Beckler collected and identified the native flora, and recorded vivid and positive descriptions of the landscape and the Aboriginal people. His acute observations indicate what might have been achieved had the expedition pursued its scientific brief.

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Editor's Preface
Introduction
Sources and Notes
Expedition Report
From Melbourne to Swan Hill on the Murray	p. 15
From Swan Hill to Bilbarka	p. 26
From Bilbarka to Menindee	p. 40
Camp at Menindee and the first journey to Duroadoo	p. 45
Mr Wright's Journey
From the Darling to the Mountains: Mutanie Ranges	p. 97
From Mutanie to Duroadoo	p. 109
From Duroadoo to Mudplain Camp, and our sojourn there	p. 114
From Mudplain Camp to Bulla	p. 131
Bulla	p. 160
Return journey	p. 176
Editor's Notes	p. 187
Appendix 1. Beckler's reply to Dr William Wills	p. 193
Appendix 2. Beckler's application to the Royal Society	p. 195
Appendix 3. Directions from the Exploration Committee	p. 197
Appendix 4. Beckler's letter of resignation to Burke	p. 199
Index	p. 201
Table of Contents provided by Blackwell. All Rights Reserved.

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