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Explorations in North-Western Australia.

Explorations in North-Western Australia.

Martin, James

Paperback

Exploration

ISBN10: 9378413064
ISBN13: 9789378413063
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Nov 10 2026
Pages: 74
Weight: 0.25
Height: 0.18 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
How does a coastline become knowledge-and when does knowledge become an argument for settlement? This first-person exploration narrative follows the demanding work of maritime surveying in north-western Australia, where promising country must be weighed against difficult navigation and climatic hazards. The Glenelg River provides the principal focus, but the deeper subject is the uncertain process by which unfamiliar waters and inland terrain are observed, measured and judged. Journal entries place the reader alongside voyages and expeditions, while formal observations turn experience into a record of geography, climate and natural history. Sailing, charting and sounding reveal the practical labour behind exploration; horseback travel and specimen collection extend the enquiry beyond the coast. Assessments of water, grassland, timber, minerals, agriculture, pastoral use and transport show how scientific observation could also serve colonial ambitions, making each favourable report part of a larger and contested question. Equally revealing are the accounts of Aboriginal communities, including their technologies, subsistence practices and encounters with expedition parties. These records sit within a work shaped by human relationships with land and water, and by the tension between environmental promise and the hazards that complicate it. Combining travel writing with surveying detail and colonial settlement debate, the narrative preserves both the immediacy of exploration and the methods used to convert observation into geographical authority. This book was out of print for decades and is now republished by Alpha Editions. It has been restored for today's and future generations. This edition is not just a reprint - it's a collector's item and a cultural treasure.

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