Explorations in Australia Forrest Paperback Cambridge University Press

Explorations in AustraliaIExplorations in Search of Dr Leichardt and Party. IIFrom Perth to Adelaide, around the Great Australian Bight. IIIFrom Champion Bay, across the Desert to the Telegraph and to Adelaide\nAuthor(s): John Forrest\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom\nImprint: Cambridge University Press\nISBN-13: 9781108039185, 978-1108039185\nSynopsis\nJohn Forrest [tel], was an Australian surveyor and explorer. At twenty-two, he led an expedition to determine the fate of Ludwig Leichardt, who had earlier disappeared in the western desert. The following year he surveyed the coastal route from Perth to Adelaide, establishing the possibility of a telegraph line. In 1874, he crossed the central western desert, a two-thousand mile journey which confirmed his heroic reputation. He received the founder's medal of the Royal Geographical Society in London and was appointed Deputy Surveyor-General. His account of these expeditions, published in 1875, .