Thomas Baines: Exploring Tropical Australia, 1856 to 1857

Editor: Jane Carruthers and Lindy Stiebel
Publisher: National Museum of Australia Press, Canberra
Year: 2012
Edition: 1st edition
Format: Softcover
Pages: iv, 177 pages, with illustrations, some colour, facsimiles and maps, some colour
ISBN: 9781921953002
Type of Book: Australian exploration history, art history, Northern Australia history

Description
Thomas Baines: Exploring Tropical Australia, 1856 to 1857 examines a little-known but fascinating episode in the history of Australian exploration. Edited by Jane Carruthers and Lindy Stiebel, the book focuses on artist-explorer Thomas Baines and his bold attempt, with two companions in an open longboat, to connect with Augustus Gregory’s North Australian Expedition at the Albert River near the southern end of the Gulf of Carpentaria.

Published by the National Museum of Australia Press, this richly illustrated volume brings together art, exploration, mapping and historical scholarship. It includes images, facsimiles and maps, along with a large fold-out replica map held in a pocket inside the back cover.

The book offers valuable insight into northern Australian exploration, colonial-era art, contact history, landscape representation and the work of Thomas Baines as both artist and traveller.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Condition
Softcover. Fine condition, still in plastic covering, never opened

Why You’ll Love It
A beautifully produced National Museum of Australia publication, ideal for readers interested in Thomas Baines, early exploration, colonial art, Northern Australia, maps and expedition history.