The Journals

of

John McDouall Stuart

during the years

1858, 1859, 1860, 1861, & 1862,

when he fixed the centre of the continent and successfully crossed it from sea to sea.

Edited from Mr. Stuart’s Manuscript by William Hardman, M.A., F.R.G.S., &c.

With Maps, a Photographic Portrait of Mr. Stuart, and twelve Engravings drawn on wood by George French Angas, from Sketches taken during the different expeditions.

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Table of Contents

PREFACE BY THE EDITOR.

ADVERTISEMENT TO THE SECOND EDITION.

  1. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART’S EXPEDITION TO THE NORTH-WEST. MAY TO SEPTEMBER, 1858.
  2. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART’S SECOND EXPEDITION (IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE TORRENS). APRIL TO JULY, 1859.
  3. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART’S THIRD EXPEDITION (IN THE VICINITY OF LAKE TORRENS). NOVEMBER, 1859, TO JANUARY, 1860.
  4. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART’S FOURTH EXPEDITION—FIXING THE CENTRE OF THE CONTINENT. FROM MARCH TO SEPTEMBER, 1860.
  5. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART’S FIFTH EXPEDITION. FROM NOVEMBER, 1860, TO SEPTEMBER, 1861.
  6. JOURNAL OF MR. STUART’S SUCCESSFUL EXPEDITION ACROSS THE CONTINENT OF AUSTRALIA. FROM DECEMBER, 1861, TO DECEMBER, 1862.

APPENDIX.

INDEX.

Illustrations

Titlepage from the edition of 1865.

Portrait of John Macdouall Stuart. Adelaide, April 1863.

Sketch Map of Australia, Showing the Position of Mr. Stuart's Route.

North-West of Stuart's Creek.

North-West Point of Lake Torrens.

The Hermit Hill and Finniss Springs.

Elizabeth Springs.

South Shore of Lake Eyre.

Chambers Pillar.

Central Mount Stuart.

Attack Creek.

Brinkley Bluff.

Chambers River.

Table Land and Valley of the Adelaide.

Planting the Flag On the Shores of the Indian Ocean.

Note to this Edition

The text for this edition has been taken from the second edition of 1865. For the purposes of presentation, certain changes have been made, viz.:

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2007

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