Discovery and exploration

Discovery and exploration of Australia

There are many publications on the history of Australia's discovery and exploratiion. Structure your searches for precise results, using:

  • time period
  • geographical area
  • individual explorer

In the Catalogue, select the 'Browse alphabetically' option, then 'subjects'. Examples are:

Periodicals

Print resources: Selected titles

http://nla.gov.au/nla.cat-vn5787168 - Terra Australis : Matthew Flinders' great adventures in the circumnavigation of Australia

Online databases

Key items are:

 

Case Study

NLAref66480  and  NLAref65878 - captain cook's journal