Author: Caley, George; Andrews, Alan E. J. (editor).
Title: The Devil's Wilderness: George Caley's Journey to Mount Banks, 1804.
Description: Hobart, Sandy Bay Blubber Head Press, 1984. Hardback octavo, dustjacket, very good condition (in very good dustjacket), green cloth cover (gilt lettering & vignette), maps, black & white photos centre spread, edges lightly foxed, minor edgewear. 150 pp. Alan Andrews has transcribed and edited the journal of George Caley (botanical collector on behalf of Sir Joseph Banks), who in 1804 attempted to cross the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney. (No. 170 of a limited edition of 375 copies, all signed by the editor.) ISBN: 0908528124

Keywords: australian history, exploration, gardening, botany, new south wales (nsw), sydney, blue mountains, limited edition 0908528124


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