Clarke of the Kindur: Convict, bushranger, explorer by Dean Boyce (Second Hand Book)
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Description SECOND HAND BOOK Was George Clarke, alias ‘the Barber’, who lived for five years among Aborigines in New South Wales in the early 1800s, the first white man to cross Australia to the north coast? This biography traces his history from his transportation in 1824 for robbery, through his escape from the Hunter valley and life with the Kamilaroi tribe, to his capture in 1831, subsequent imprisonment at Norfolk Island and death on the gallows in Van Diemen’s Land. The author examines the evidence concerning Clarke’s claim to have crossed the continent and to have discovered a great inland river, the ‘Kindur’, or ‘desired blessing’. This report prompted Major Thomas Mitchell’s expedition in 1831-2. Specifications: Condition: Fair. The dust jacket is stained and aged, pages are yellowed. Publisher: Melbourne University Press Year: 1970 Format: Hardcover Pages: 100 ISBN: 522839525
