Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia, and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the Years 1840–1

In 1840, a young Edward John Eyre embarked on a pioneering trek from Adelaide to Western Australia. Published in 1845, this account enables readers to 'accompany' the explorer on his harrowing expedition. Volume 2 leads readers from a 'night of horrors' to the celebratory aborigine reception that awaited the survivors.