Identifier: threeexpeditions01mitc (find matches)
Title: Three expeditions into the interior of eastern Australia; with descriptions of the recently explored region of Australia Felix, and of the present colony of New South Wales
Year: 1839 (1830s)
Authors: Mitchell, T. L. (Thomas Livingstone), 1792-1855
Subjects: Natural history -- Australia New South Wales New South Wales -- Discovery and exploration Victoria -- Discovery and exploration
Publisher: London : T. & W. Boone
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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