Project Gutenberg 2004-08-22 Public domain in the USA. 208 McKinlay, John 1819 1872 McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia This eBook was produced by Sue Asscher "McKinlay's Journal of Exploration in the Interior of Australia" by John McKinlay is a historical account written during the mid-19th century. The journal details the experiences of McKinlay, the leader of the Burke Relief Expedition, as he navigates the harsh landscapes of Australia in search of the lost explorers Burke and Wills. The text serves as a meticulous record of the expedition’s challenges, interactions with Indigenous peoples, and the environmental observations made during the journey. The opening of the journal sets the stage for McKinlay's expedition, recounting the initial phases of their journey as they depart from Adelaide in August 1861. McKinlay describes their preparations, the conditions of Australian inland terrains, and early encounters with local Indigenous tribes. As the journey progresses, he shares notes on the weather, the state of their supplies, encounters with hostile and friendly natives, and the trials faced from the unforgiving environment, including the struggle for water and the loss of livestock. This section vividly presents the perils of exploration, highlighting both the physical and psychological challenges of the expedition as McKinlay remains resolute in his mission to uncover the fate of Burke and his team. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Reading ease score: 72.7 (7th grade). Fairly easy to read. en Australia -- Discovery and exploration McKinlay, John, 1819-1872 DU Text Australia Travel Category: Biographies Category: Travel Writing Category: History - Modern (1750+) Category: Archaeology & Anthropology 441238 2025-08-06T04:37:14.179570 text/html 441059 440987 2024-11-06T07:04:19.459323 2023-10-06T08:27:15.875748 text/html text/html 247958 2025-08-06T04:37:22.020534 application/epub+zip 254402 2025-08-06T04:37:17.841524 application/epub+zip 221521 2025-08-06T04:37:16.534551 application/epub+zip 547512 2025-08-06T04:37:25.292529 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 529517 2025-08-06T04:37:21.195522 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 486575 2022-09-07T01:09:09.190266 application/x-mobipocket-ebook 419557 2025-08-06T04:37:13.838586 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 399772 2024-10-28T20:12:14 text/plain; charset=us-ascii 17954 2025-08-06T04:37:25.420487 application/rdf+xml 24969 2025-08-06T04:37:17.074563 image/jpeg 4812 2025-08-06T04:37:16.819529 image/jpeg 247187 2025-08-06T04:37:14.210574 application/octet-stream application/zip Archives containing the RDF files for *all* our books can be downloaded at https://book.klll.cc/wiki/Gutenberg:Feeds#The_Complete_Project_Gutenberg_Catalog en.wikipedia