Cooper's Creek is a 1963 Australian non fiction book by Alan Moorehead about the Burke and Wills Expedition. It was one of Moorehead's best known books.[1][2]
| Author | Alan Moorehead |
|---|---|
| Language | English |
| Genre | biography |
| Publisher | Hamish Hamilton |
Publication date | 1963 |
| Publication place | Australia |
Film rights to the book were optioned.[3] A film was not made but the book was adapted into a 1978 musical documentary for ABC radio called Endless Flight.[4]
Reception
editThe New York Times called it a "superb book... although the setting was provincial, and indeed at times parochial, the story is seen in its universal significance."[5]
The Age said the book "had been done well".[6]
References
edit- ^ "An 'event' by Moorehead". The Canberra Times. Vol. 44, no. 12, 694. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 7 August 1970. p. 11. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Wartime work basis for authorship". The Canberra Times. Vol. 58, no. 17, 534. Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 1 October 1983. p. 2. Retrieved 14 April 2024 – via National Library of Australia.
- ^ "Wild Life and Civilised People The Moorehead method of research", The Bulletin, Sydney, N.S.W: John Haynes and J.F. Archibald, 24 July 1965, nla.obj-698926543, retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ Australian Broadcasting Commission., "Radio program services", Annual Report of the Australian Broadcasting Commission., Parliamentary paper (Australia. Parliament) (1977/1978, PP no. 321 of 1978), Sydney: ABC, nla.obj-1114797906, retrieved 14 April 2024 – via Trove
- ^ "To the Dead Heart of Australia Came a Policeman Born to Tragedy; COOPER'S CREEK. By Alan Moorehead. Illustrated. 222 pp. New York and Evanston: Harper & Row. $5.95". New York Times. 16 February 1964.
- ^ Hutton, Geoffrey (9 November 1963). "Another look at the tragedy of Burke and Wills". The Age. p. 21.