Charles Darwin in Australia

by F. W. Nicholas , J. M. Nicholas

• ISBN13: 9780521017022
• ISBN10: 0521017025
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2002-07-01
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Early in 1836 Charles Darwin spent two months in Australia as part of his voyage around the world on the Beagle. During this time he visited the town of Sydney, travelled on horseback across the Blue Mountains to Bathurst, visited Hobart in Tasmania, and called in to King George Sound in Western Australia. Darwin met with several of the leading figures of the Australian colonies, including members of the King and Macarthur families in Sydney, and Alfred Stephen and George Frankland in Hobart. This illustrated book is based on the entire Australian section of Darwin's diary. This is supplemented by extracts from the notebook that he carried on the trip to Bathurst, together with extracts from his geological and zoological field notes.

Table of Contents

Foreword	v
Richard Keynes
List of Illustrations	x
Preface to the 1989 hardback edition	xii
Preface to this paperback edition	xvii
Acknowledgements	xx
A note on the transcriptions	xxi
Introduction	1	(17)
Arrival in Sydney and a Trip across the Blue Mountains	18	(47)
Return from Bathurst and Impressions of Sydney	65	(29)
Hobart and Environs	94	(33)
King George Sound and Farewell to Australia	127	(14)
Postscript	141	(35)
Appendix: Summary of Documents Relating to Darwin's Visit to Australia	176	(6)
Notes	182	(19)
Index	201