Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into and Report Upon the Circumstances Connected with the Sufferings and Death of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian Explorers
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Published by John Ferres, Melbourne, 1862
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Foolscap folio, 104 pp., together with two other relevant Victorian Parliamentary Papers 1864-66; modern quarter calf. The Royal Commission report on the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition: 'very scarce and of high interest' (Wantrup). Bound together with two other Reports 1864-66 on the cost and liabilities of the Expedition. The Commission justly apportioned the blame between the expedition's incompetent leader, Burke; William Wright, the careless overseer; and the indecisive Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria. Although it concluded that Wright appeared 'to have been reprehensible in the highest degree', Burke was also chastised for displaying 'a far greater amount of zeal than prudence… overtaxing the powers of his party', and also for his failure to keep a regular journal. . Provenance: Commander Ingleton, with his bookplate and shelfmark. Seller Inventory # 5000948
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Title: Report of the Commissioners Appointed to ...
Publisher: John Ferres, Melbourne
Publication Date: 1862
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Report of the Commissioners Appointed to Enquire into and Report Upon the Circumstances Connected with the Sufferings and Death of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian Explorers
Published by
John Ferres, Melbourne, 1862
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Seller: Hordern House Rare Books, Potts Point, NSW, Australia
Seller rating 5 out of 5 stars
Condition: Fine condition. Foolscap folio, printed on blue paper; blue art morocco. Very scarce official Commission Report. The Enquiry apportions the blame between Burke himself, William Wright, and the Exploration Committee of the Royal Society of Victoria. Bound in with it is the single-leaf Victorian Parliamentary Paper Country discovered by Burke and Wills of 1863. . Seller Inventory # 2205986
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