Author: JOY, WILLIAM.
Title: The Other Side of the Hill. 200 Years Of Australian Exploration.
Description: First Edition; Roy. 8vo; pp. 252; endpaper map, numerous text illusts., further reading, index, bound in original light blue cloth, title lettered in white on spine, dustjacket, fine copy. Lane Cove, NSW; Doubleday Australia Pty. Ltd.; 1984. Drawing on diaries, reports in contemporary newspapers and eyewitness reports, William Joy has provided a graphic account of the sufferings and triumphs of our early explorers. From the earliest adventures of the Spanish and Dutch sailors; the epic journeys of Sturt, Burke and Wills, Giles, Forrest and other land explorers to the later-day pioneers who have revealed Australia's mineral wealth.

Keywords: Australian exploration discovery