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The Dig Tree: The Story of Burke and Wills
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The Dig Tree: The Story of Burke and Wills

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Murgatroyd has brought together for the first time new scientific and historical evidence, and tells the story of Burke and Wills, the explorers who set out to cross Australia from coast to coast, in brilliant detail.

Here, at last, is the book that brings to life Australia’s most infamous story of exploration.

The Dig Tree describes vividly the remarkable courage, the suffering and the moments of sheer lunacy, as Burke and Wills struggled to survive in a harsh land they did not understand.
Sarah Murgatroyd’s style is immensely readable.

She has written with warmth about Burke and Wills and their party, and reveals fascinating detail - for example, that Burke had a notoriously bad sense of direction, and was famous for getting lost even on the way home from his local pub!
Though we all know the basic story of the Burke and Wills expedition, The Dig Tree reveals just how little most of us know of the individuals, the politics, the blunders and the ambitions behind this extraordinary event in Australia’s history.

This is essential and utterly compelling reading.

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Format
Paperback
Publisher
Text Publishing Co
Country
Australia
Date
4 January 2010
Pages
384
ISBN
9781921520990

Murgatroyd has brought together for the first time new scientific and historical evidence, and tells the story of Burke and Wills, the explorers who set out to cross Australia from coast to coast, in brilliant detail.

Here, at last, is the book that brings to life Australia’s most infamous story of exploration.

The Dig Tree describes vividly the remarkable courage, the suffering and the moments of sheer lunacy, as Burke and Wills struggled to survive in a harsh land they did not understand.
Sarah Murgatroyd’s style is immensely readable.

She has written with warmth about Burke and Wills and their party, and reveals fascinating detail - for example, that Burke had a notoriously bad sense of direction, and was famous for getting lost even on the way home from his local pub!
Though we all know the basic story of the Burke and Wills expedition, The Dig Tree reveals just how little most of us know of the individuals, the politics, the blunders and the ambitions behind this extraordinary event in Australia’s history.

This is essential and utterly compelling reading.

Read More
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Text Publishing Co
Country
Australia
Date
4 January 2010
Pages
384
ISBN
9781921520990