The map of William / Young men Surveyors Cartography Voyages and travels

Thomas, Michael,

The map of William / Michael Thomas. - 285 pages : maps ; 24 cm.

"A surveyor's son, a cantankerous camel and the expedition of a lifetime" -- cover.

Includes bibliographical references.

Western Australia, 1909. Fifteen-year-old William Watson sets off from Fremantle on the steamer SS Doreen May, his father's wide-eyed assistant on a north-west expedition. As the pair travel north over sea and across land, William will meet fine men, and foul. He will lose his heart and find his bearings on a map marked with more danger and splendour than one young man could ever have dared to dream.

9781760992187


Young men--Fiction.
Surveyors--Fiction.
Cartography--History--Australia--Fiction.
Voyages and travels--Australia--Fiction.


Pilbara (W.A.)--Fiction.
Western Australia--History--20th century--Fiction.


Australian fiction.
Historical fiction.
Bildungsromans.

A823.94