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Issue Details: First known date: 2017... 2017 An Ongoing Exploration
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'The colonial fascination with northern Australia holds the key to understanding the Burke and Wills exped­ition of 1860-61. The north was well situated to increase trade and ­communication with Asian and British markets. Once explorers opened up northern Australia, the development of railways, ports and underwater telegraph cables would connect the isolated British-Australian colonies to the rest of the world.' (Introduction)

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    y separately published work icon The Weekend Australian 18 November 2017 12259171 2017 newspaper issue 2017 pg. 27 Section: Review
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