| 词条 | Walk to the West |
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was a book published to celebrate both the sesquicentenary (150 years) of the Royal Society of Tasmania in 1993, and the event from which the book is made – the Walk to the West Coast of Tasmania by James Backhouse Walker, Arthur Leslie Giblin, Charles Percy Sprent, William Piguenit, Robert Mackenzie Johnston, William Vincent Legge, George Samuel Perrin, and Henry Vincent Bayly in 1887 from Hobart to the West Coast of Tasmania. PaintingsIt is interspersed with plates from Piguenit's paintings made in the earlier stages of the journey.[1] Locations included in the paintings:-
DiaryThe diary (unpublished) by Walker is transcribed for the book, and meticulous annotation explains the Tasmanian conditions and environment. It identifies characters involved in the exploration and place naming in the West Coast of Tasmania in its Lexicon of relevant place names. ItineraryThe days and locations included:-
It also contains a foldout map that was current of the West Coast in 1888 - when the party was travelling. It mentions the name of the significant track cutters and explorers of the era. Notes1. ^{{Citation | author1=Piguenit, W. C. (William Charles) | author2=Australasian Association for the Advancement of Science. Meeting Hobart, Tas.) (1892) | title=Among the western highlands of Tasmania | publication-date=1892 | publisher=s.n.> | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/8493295 | accessdate=31 December 2014 }} see also {{Citation | author1=Piguenit, W. C. (William Charles) | title=Diary | publication-date=1871 | url=http://trove.nla.gov.au/work/35931430 | accessdate=31 December 2014 }} References
Further reading
4 : History of Tasmania|Western Tasmania|1993 books|Exploration of Tasmania |
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