Big John

The Extraordinary Adventures of John McKinlay 1819-1872

by Kim Lockwood

State Library of Victoria, 1995, ISBN 0724100078, colour frontispiece, black and white photographic plates, paperback with wraps

Very Good Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, a little rubbing to edges and corners, un-creased spine, no inscriptions (see photographs)

"John McKinlay was the first European to lead a team across the Australian continent from the South Coast to the north and return safely, yet his story has never been told.
The journey resulted from McKinlay's being chosen to lead the South Australian Burke Relief Expedition (although Burke and Wills were dead before he set out).  It was a harrowing trip, complete with intense heat, floods, flies and starvation that was relieved near the end of the trip by camel's feet soup."