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Parliamentary paper

Authors
Burke and Wills Commission
Title
Report of the Commissioners appointed to enquire into and report upon the circumstances connected with the sufferings and death of Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills, the Victorian explorers
Editor
Hervey, Matthew; Murphy, Francis; Pratt, Thomas Simson; Sturt, Evelyn Pitfield Shirley; Sullivan, James Forester
Imprint
John Ferres, Government Printer, Melbourne, 1862, xi, 104 pp
Url
https://pov.ent.sirsidynix.net.au/client/en_GB/parl_paper/search/detailnonmodal/ent:$002f$002fSD_ILS$002f0$002fSD_ILS:6545/one
Description

Victorian Parliamentary paper, 1861/62 no.97

Abstract

"Presented to both Houses of Parliament by His Excellency' command"

Commission: T. S. Pratt (chairman), Matthew Hervey, Francis Murphy, E. P. S. Sturt and J. F. Sullivan

Witnesses: Dr. Herman Beckler, William Brahé, Thomas Dick (publican swan Hill), Alfred W. Howitt, John King, George James Landells, John Macadam MD, MP, Thomas F. McDonough, Dr. Ferdinand Mueller, John Smith, Sir William Foster Stawell, Edmund Wecker and William Wright.

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EOAS ID: bib/ASBS16682.htm

This Edition: 2026 February - 1926 Centenaries
Kooyang - Gariwerd calendar - Late summer: late January to late March - season of eels
Reference: https://www.bom.gov.au/resources/indigenous-weather-knowledge/indigenous-seasonal-calendars/gariwerd-calendar#bom-anchor-list__item-kooyang-season-of-eels

Publisher: Swinburne University of Technology.

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