The Great Trek: One of the Greatest Feats in Australian ExplorationStory of the Jardine Expedition in the northern Cape York Peninsula in 1864; violent conflict with Aborigines. |
Contents
CHAPTER PAGE I THE START I | 1 |
THE MYSTERY OF THE LYND | 9 |
IN THE LAND OF THE WILD MEN | 14 |
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