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.