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Edward Duyker Edward Duyker i(A31578 works by) (a.k.a. Edward Adrian Joseph Duyker)
Born: Established: 1955 ;
Gender: Male
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1 1 y separately published work icon Dumont d'Urville : Explorer and Polymath Edward Duyker , Otago : University of Otago Press , 2014 8070324 2014 single work biography

'Explorer Jules-Sébastien-César Dumont d’Urville (1790–1842) is sometimes called France’s Captain Cook. Born less than a year after the beginning of the French Revolution, he lived through turbulent times. He was an erudite polymath: a maritime explorer fascinated by botany, entomology, ethnography and the diverse languages of the world. As a young ensign he was decorated for his pivotal part in France’s acquisition of the famous Vénus de Milo.

'D’Urville’s voyages and writings meshed with an emergent French colonial impulse in the Pacific. In this magnificent biography Edward Duyker reveals that D’Urville had secret orders to search for the site for a potential French penal colony in Australia. He also effectively helped to precipitate pre-emptive British settlement on several parts of the Australian coast. D’Urville visited New Zealand in 1824, 1827 and 1840. This wide-ranging survey examines his scientific contribution, including the plants and animals he collected, and his conceptualisation of the peoples of the Pacific: it was he who first coined the terms Melanesia and Micronesia.

'D’Urville helped to confirm the fate of the missing French explorer Lapérouse, took Charles X into exile after the Revolution of 1830, and crowned his navigational achievements with two pioneering Antarctic descents.

'Edward Duyker has used primary documents that have long been overlooked by other historians. He dispels many myths and errors about this daring explorer of the age of sail and offers his readers grand adventure and surprising drama and pathos.' (Publication summary)

1 [Review Essay] Dharawal : The Story of the Dharawal Speaking People of Southern Sydney. Edward Duyker , 2008 single work essay
— Appears in: Australian Aboriginal Studies , no. 1 2008; (p. 129)

'The Dharawal Country is bounded by the south of Botany Bay, the Georges River, Appin, Goulburn and the coastal lands down to Wreck Bay near Nowra. The publication of this book is an important community milestone. Les Bursill and Mary Jacobs, in collaboration with artist Deborah Lennis, and with the community representation of Merv Ryan and the recently deceased and muchrespected elder Beryl Timbery-Beller, have provided a valuable summary of local Dharawal culture, kinship and totemic relationships, women’s business, men’s business, body decoration, habitats, music, dance, oral tradition and art styles. There is also a section on Dharawal charcoal drawings of extinct thylacines in southern Sydney.' (Introduction)

1 2 y separately published work icon Francois Peron : An Impetuous Life : Naturalist and Voyager Edward Duyker , Carlton : Miegunyah Press , 2006 Z1287931 2006 single work biography
1 A French Garden in Tasmania : The Legacy of Félix Delahaye Edward Duyker , 2004 single work criticism
— Appears in: Explorations : A Journal of French-Australian Connections , December no. 37 2004;
'The discovery of what seemed to be the vestiges of the garden planted in Recherche Bay in 1792 by Félix Delahaye, the gardener of the d'Entrecasteaux expedition, created great debate as to whether the area explored by the expedition should be preserved. Edward Duyker's article is devoted to the background to this debate, focusing on the French garden.' (Author's abstract)
1 y separately published work icon Citizen Labillardiere : A Naturalist's Life in Revolution and Exploration (1755-1834) Edward Duyker , Carlton : Miegunyah Press , 2003 Z1185068 2003 single work biography
1 Untitled Edward Duyker , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Explorations : A Journal of French-Australian Connections , June no. 30 2001; (p. 33-35)

— Review of Remarkable Occurrences : The National Library of Australia's First 100 Years 1901-2001 2001 anthology criticism
1 Untitled Edward Duyker , 2001 single work review
— Appears in: Explorations : A Journal of French-Australian Connections , December no. 31 2001;

— Review of A Frenchman's Walk across the Nullarbor : Henri Gilbert's Diary, Perth to Brisbane, 1897-1899 Henri Gilbert , Colin Dyer (translator), 2000 single work diary
1 1 y separately published work icon A Voyage to Australia and the Pacific, 1791-1793 Bruny d'Entrecasteaux , Edward Duyker (editor), Maryse Duyker (editor), ( trans. Edward Duyker et. al.agent )expression Carlton South : Melbourne University Press , 2001 Z1262250 2001 selected work diary 'This text is a translation into English of the transcription of Bruni D'Entrecasteaux's journal from his 1791 voyage to Australia. It describes the geographical discoveries such as the Derwent estuary, the D'Entrecasteaux Channel, Esperance Bay and the Archipelago of the Recherche.' (Libraries Australia)
1 In the Wake of the 'Otago' : Joseph Conrad Under the Southern Cross Edward Duyker , 2000 single work column
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , March vol. 10 no. 6 2000; (p. 7-10)
1 Precious as Gold Edward Duyker , 1999 single work criticism biography
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , October vol. 10 no. 1 1999; (p. 7-10)
1 Untitled Edward Duyker , 1998 single work review
— Appears in: Explorations : A Journal of French-Australian Connections , December no. 25 1998; (p. 24-26)

— Review of Un Deuil au Bout du Monde Celeste de Chabrillan , 1877 single work autobiography
1 Private Treasures : A Heritage of Self-Publishing Edward Duyker , 1995 single work criticism
— Appears in: National Library of Australia News , March vol. 5 no. 6 1995; (p. 45-47)
1 2 y separately published work icon A Woman on the Goldfields: Recollections of Emily Skinner 1854-1878 Emily Skinner , Edward Duyker (editor), Carlton : Melbourne University Press , 1995 Z142272 1995 single work autobiography
1 y separately published work icon Molly and the Rajah : Race, Romance and the Raj Edward Duyker , Coralie Younger , Sylvania : Australian Mauritian Press , 1991 Z828751 1991 single work biography This is the true story of unusual courage and dignity in the face of appalling prejudice and cruelty from the Australian press and the highest levels of the British government. It is the tragic tale of, Martanda Bhairava Tondaiman, Rajah of Pudukkottai (1875-1928), who gave up his kingdom for love, of a loyal wife whom Britain refused to acknowledge, and of an Australian-born son who was denied his birthright.
1 y separately published work icon Of the Star and the Key : Mauritius, Mauritians and Australia Edward Duyker , Sylvania : Australian Mauritian Research Group , 1988 Z828787 1988 single work non-fiction
1 y separately published work icon Beyond the Dunes : A Dutch-Australian Story Edward Duyker , Maryse Duyker , Sylvania : Edward Duyker , 1987 Z1689352 1987 single work biography
1 y separately published work icon The Dutch in Australia Edward Duyker , Melbourne : AE Press , 1987 Z828569 1987 single work non-fiction
1 Horsemen i "The horsemen find corners in the mist", Edward Duyker , 1981 single work poetry
— Appears in: Poetry Australia , September no. 79 1981; (p. 35)
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