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Finest Gold fields in the World. Robert Austin's 1854 Expedition to the Murchison, The by edited by Peter J Bridge & Sheryl Milentis


"Finest Gold fields in the World. Robert Austin's 1854 Expedition to the Murchison, The, Austin led the expedition inland and north to the Murchison. His horses were poisoned and Chartes Farmer died from lockjaw. They were reduced to drinking the urine of themselves and the remaining horses. They discovered the first gold field in WA but political reasons prevented the disclosure. Previously hidden government correspondence and illustrations by Fraser, the artist with the expedition are published for the first time. ISBN 978 0 85905 018 0"

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