Setting off into the wilds...
‘Congratulations,’ read the letter, hastily scrawled in ink on paper. 'I trust that my patronage will be rewarded with many great discoveries and agree forthwith to fund your first major expedition upon that most beguiling and enormous new continent.'
It was your benefactor writing, a wealthy landowner and politician seeking the spoils that lay in wait in the newly discovered Australia of the late 1800s. With several smaller missions under your belt, you rate yourself as an explorer and you're sure you’ll be able to return victorious, having discovered many great natural treasures. Perhaps you’ll find a vast, shimmering inland sea surrounded by prime grazing land. Maybe you’ll stumble across snow-capped mountains or other exciting geological phenomena, or perhaps it is gold, riches or lucrative pastoral land your name will be remembered for. Whatever it is, you now face an enormous, and possibly fatal, challenge. You’re determined not to undertake it lightly. You know that your exploration means you have some tough choices to make. Click here to continue...
It was your benefactor writing, a wealthy landowner and politician seeking the spoils that lay in wait in the newly discovered Australia of the late 1800s. With several smaller missions under your belt, you rate yourself as an explorer and you're sure you’ll be able to return victorious, having discovered many great natural treasures. Perhaps you’ll find a vast, shimmering inland sea surrounded by prime grazing land. Maybe you’ll stumble across snow-capped mountains or other exciting geological phenomena, or perhaps it is gold, riches or lucrative pastoral land your name will be remembered for. Whatever it is, you now face an enormous, and possibly fatal, challenge. You’re determined not to undertake it lightly. You know that your exploration means you have some tough choices to make. Click here to continue...