On Hermit Hill Benjamin Herschel Babbage and the Lake Torrens Myth Tucker NEW

Description: On Hermit Hill: Benjamin Herschel Babbage and the Lake Torrens Myth AUTHOR: Tucker, Rod PUBLISHING DETAIL: Australian Scholarly Publishing. North Melbourne. EDITION & DATE: 1st Paperback Edition. 2021. BINDING & PAGES: Trade Paperback . xviii, 369 pages . SIZE & CONDITION: MINT - a NEW copy. Black & white illustrations and maps. CONTENT: Benjamin Herschel Babbage was a South Australian engineer, surveyor and explorer. In 1858, he stood on Hermit Hill, near Kati Thanda - Lake Eyre (South), and recognised that there was a gap in a mythical horseshoe-shaped Lake Torrens that the explorer Edward John Eyre had conceived sixteen years earlier. Babbage's discovery was a crucial step in opening northern South Australia to European settlement and paved the way for John McDouall Stuart's crossing of the continent. Babbage achieved much under arduous conditions, but the Adelaide newspapers accused him of slow progress, and the South Australian Government summarily dismissed him as expedition leader. Robust, professional packaging and tracking provided for all parcels. ISBN: 1922454656 WEIGHT: 600 grams Postage and Collection Postage Sent by Australia Post. Robust, professional packing and tracking for all parcels Personal Collection Buyers can also collect, by arrangement, from our shop in Clarence Gardens, 5039. Please contact us for details. We are professional booksellers who pride ourselves on the quality of our books and service. Please contact us if you have any problems or questions.

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