Volume 1: Book I: 1. From 4th to 30th August, 1872. The party; 2. From 30th August to 6th September, 1872. Milk thistle; 3. From 6th to 17th September, 1872. Progress stopped; 4. From 17th September to 1st October, 1872. Search for the missing horses; 5. From 1st to 15th October, 1872. A bluff hill; 6. From 15th October, 1872, to 31st January, 1873. Move the camp to new creek; Book II: 1. From 4th to 22nd August, 1873. Leave for the west; 2. From 22nd August to 10th September, 1873. A poor water supply; 3. From 10th to 30th September, 1873. Leave for Mount Olga; 4. From 30th September to 9th November, 1873. Native encampment; 5. From 9th November to 23rd December, 1873. Alone; 6. From 23rd December, 1873, to 16th January, 1874. Primitive laundry; 7. From 16th January to 19th February, 1874. The kangaroo tanks; 8. From 20th February to 12th March, 1874. Journey south-west. Volume 2: Book II continued: 9. From 12th March to 19th April, 1874. The Rebecca; 10. From 20th April to 21st May, 1874. Gibson and I depart for the west; 11. From 21st May to 20th July, 1874. Depart for civilisation; Book III: 1. From 13th March to 1st April, 1875. Leave Fowler's Bay; 2. From 2nd April to 6th May, 1875. Leave Wynbring; Book IV: 1. From 6th May to 27th July, 1875. Fourth expedition; 2. From 27th July to 6th October, 1875. Ooldabinna depot; 3. From 6th to 18th October, 1875. Depart for Mount Churchman; 4. From 18th October to 18th November, 1875. Depart from Ularring; Book V: 1. From 18th November, 1875, to 10th April, 1876. Remarks on the last expedition; 2. From 10th April to 7th May, 1876. The natives continue with us; 3. From 7th May to 10th June, 1876. Depart for higher ground; 4. From 11th June to 23rd August, 1876. Farther into the desert; 5. From 23rd August to 20th September, 1876. Depart for the south; Appendix; Index.
A detailed account of Australian explorer Ernest Powell Giles' five expeditions in South Australia, first published in 1889.
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