Reviews for Cooper's Creek
Review - Cooper's Creek
A great read about the tragic first attempt to explore the interior of Australia.
Reviewed by Roger on 1999-12-16 08:50:06
Cooper's Creekby Alan Moorehead | |
| List(s): | "Extreme Classics" |
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| Category: |
"Travel" |
| Pages: | 213 |
| Year of Publication: | 1963 |
| Date Read: | 11/13/1994 |
| Notes: | The Burke-Wills expedition, which set out from Melbourne in 1860 to explore the still-unmapped interior of Australia, ended in catastrophe. Bad luck, bad planning, and bad decisions along the way led to terrible suffering for every man on the expedition, and death for many of them. As a piece of exploration, the Burke-Wills venture was an outright fiasco. As an example of bravery and endurance under horrific conditions, it's matched only by Robert Scott's fatal 1912 attempt to reach the South Pole. |
| My Rating: | 8 |