Phoenix Press, softcover, pictures.
The classic account of the Burke and Wills Expedition across Australia.
First published in Great Britain by Hamish Hamilton in 1963.
This paperback edition published in 2001 by Phoenix Press


Cooper's Creek
The classic account of the Burke and Wills expedition across Australia - familiar to every Australian child - and the fated drama that took place on Cooper's Creek in the remote interior of the continent in 1861.
More than any other incident in Australia's history the story of Burke, the dashing but inexperienced expedition leader and Wills, his heroic second-in-command, evokes the memory of the early settlers and the seemingly insurmountable odds they sought to overcome. From the days the expedition set off from the rich gold-rush town of Melbourne through the triumphant crossing of the continent to the heartbreaking return to base camp at Cooper's Creek, this is an epic adventure in the grand manner told by a master.