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:
- Australia -- Discovery and exploration
- Cook, James, -- 1728-1778
- South Australia -- History -- 1836-1851
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
