Sturt: 26 books

In August 1844 a heavily-laden party led by Captain Charles Sturt set out from Adelaide to head into the unexplored vastness of central Australia. Amongst their equipment was a boat: as well as carrying out his mission of scientific investigation and mapping the topography, Sturt was convinced he...

2 works of Charles Sturt British explorer of Australia (1795-1869) This ebook presents a collection of 2 works of Charles Sturt. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: - Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia - Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia

This early work by George Sturt was originally published in 1912 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography. “Change in the village” (1912) describes in detail and with great compassion the difficult conditions for the rural poor in places like the Lower Bourne; the...

Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia Charles Sturt, british explorer of Australia (1795-1869) This ebook presents «Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia», from Charles Sturt. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter...

Writer and tradesman George Sturt spent most of his life living and working in his ancestral village, Farnham, located in pastoral southeast England. With the advent of the twentieth century and its attendant luxuries and technologies, Sturt noticed changes creeping into a place where traditions and...

Finally available, a high quality book of the original classic edition of Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer A Record of the Last Years of Frederick Bettesworth. It was previously published by other bona fide publishers, and is now, after many years, back in print. This is a new and freshly published...

Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia Charles Sturt, british explorer of Australia (1795-1869) This ebook presents «Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia», from Charles Sturt. A dynamic table of contents enables to jump directly to the chapter selected....

This volume contains a detailed insight into the life and work of the wheelwright. The object of “The Craftsman Series” is to make this literature available in a form convenient for school use. The series consists entirely of books in which the craftsman speaks for himself, and in every volume...

Technology and an urban lifestyle has disconnected us from our senses, and our sensory identity. This has had a profoundly negative effect on our confidence, resilience and well being. To have true self-worth, we have to understand who we are from a sensory perspective. Sturt explores through her...

Despite its humble premise and subject, George Sturt's Memoirs of a Surrey Labourer offers profound insight into a bygone time through the fascinating character of Frederick Bettesworth, a groundskeeper who despite harsh circumstances and little means was afforded a place of respect in his village. The...

Expedition into Central Australia by Charles Sturt libreka classics – These are classics of literary history, reissued and made available to a wide audience. Immerse yourself in well-known and popular titles!

THERE'S GREAT WORK ONLY YOU CAN DO. THIS BOOK WILL HELP YOU GET IT DONE. Great work lives inside all of us. The question is: Do we make the contributions we're capable of? Is our best work getting out there? Breaking through? Creating a difference the world loves? We've long been told...

Although the services recorded in the following pages, which your Lordship permits me to dedicate to you, have not resulted in the discovery of any country immediately available for the purposes of colonization, I would yet venture to hope that they have not been fruitlessly undertaken, but that, as...

First published in 1833. "When I first determined on committing to the press a detailed account of the two expeditions, which I conducted into the interior of the Australian continent, pursuant to the orders of Lieutenant General Darling, the late Governor of the Colony of New South Wales, it was simply...