Australia Twice Traversed

Volume 2: The Romance of Exploration

By: Ernest Giles

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Paperback | 11 March 2011

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Ernest Powell Giles (1835 97) is best remembered as one of the first explorers of South Australia. Powell emigrated to Australia with his parents in 1850, settling in Adelaide. From 1861 he was leading small-scale expeditions along the Darling River, searching for land suitable for cultivation. Following the completion of the Overland Telegraph Line between Adelaide and Darwin in 1872, Powell embarked on five expeditions attempting to discover an overland route between Adelaide and Perth. These volumes, first published in 1889, provide a detailed and dramatic account of his discoveries. Based on Powell's personal journals, these volumes describe in vivid detail the hardships and dangers of exploration in Australia in the nineteenth century, while providing an evocative description of the South Australian landscape before colonisation. Volume 2 deals with Powell's expeditions in 1874 and 1875, including his discovery of the Great Victoria Desert and his return journey."

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Expeditions


From 12th March to 19th April, 1874. The Rebecca
From 20th April to 21st May, 1874. Gibson and I depart for the west
From 21st May to 20th July, 1874. Depart for civilisation

From 13th March to 1st April, 1875. Leave Fowler's Bay
From 2nd April to 6th May, 1875. Leave Wynbring

From 6th May to 27th July, 1875. Fourth expedition
From 27th July to 6th October, 1875. Ooldabinna depot
From 6th to 18th October, 1875. Depart for Mount Churchman
From 18th October to 18th November, 1875. Depart from Ularring

From 18th November, 1875, to 10th April, 1876. Remarks on the last expedition
From 10th April to 7th May, 1876. The natives continue with us
From 7th May to 10th June, 1876. Depart for higher ground
From 11th June to 23rd August, 1876. Farther into the desert
From 23rd August to 20th September, 1876. Depart for the south
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