Successful Exploration Through the Interior of Australia / From Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria

A father's edition of a young surveyor's journals and letters recounts his life, scientific training, and role as second-in-command on an overland expedition from Melbourne toward the Gulf of Carpentaria. The volume combines biographical sketch, field journals, surveys and maps, and daily entries documenting the outward march, arrival at the northern coast, the arduous return, the discovery of an abandoned depot at Cooper's Creek, illness and deaths within the party, final attempts to reach safety, and the author's solitary death in the desert. It concludes with rescuers' narratives, official inquiries, letters of condolence, and appendices that contextualize routes, observations, and memorial efforts.