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CRAFT, FRANK A; MITCHELL, R. ELSE. - In Search of Dawes' Mount Twiss. (Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society).

Title: In Search of Dawes' Mount Twiss. (Reprinted from the Journal of the Royal Australian Historical Society).
Description: First Separate printing; Demy 8vo; pp. 31; illustrated with 5 maps and route sections, footnotes, bound in original stiff illustrated stapled wrappers, wrappers a little marked, good copy. Sydney; Royal Australian Historical Society; 1941. The journey made by Lieutenant William Dawes and his party to Mount Twiss in December, 1789, was the first attempt to penetrate the mountainous zone which flanks the east coast of Australia, and was the forerunner of a series of abortive attempts by numerous other explorers.

Keywords: Australian Local History New South Wales Discovery and Exploration

Price: AUD 50.00 = appr. US$ 34.59 Seller: Time Booksellers
- Book number: 125819