CD-ROM
A CD-ROM containing the first 112 newsletters of the Society is available. These are the newsletters from the first 40 years of the Society. To assist researchers, it is searchable by word, phrase or topic.
CD of the first 112 newsletters of the John MvDouall Stuart Society
It retails for $30.00 including postage and handling, and may be obtained by writing to the President, Rick Moore, at 39 Hay Rd., Linden Park, South Australia, 5065 or emailing
This is an excellent resource. The Stuart Society recommends you purchase this CD-ROM if you are interested in more information about Stuart, his Companions, Sponsors and especially Stuart Society events. There are many fine research articles published there-in.
The Society is unfortunately unable to service all the queries that arise; accordingly most requests will be referred back to either this website, this CD ROM, or the publications on this page.
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OTHER PUBLICATIONS
John McDouall Stuart
John McDouall Stuart by Mona Stuart Webster.
Melbourne University Press, Australia, 1958.
A Biography. The Society regards this publication as a definitive text and reference.
The Heroic Journey of John McDouall Stuart
The Heroic Journey of John McDouall Stuart by Ian Mudie. Angus & Robertson, 1968. Another very good text
Exploring the Stuart Highway & the Oodnadatta Track
Exploring the Stuart Highway & the Oodnadatta Track (Sixth Edition). Tourist Information Distribution Australia.
They publish an excellent guide titled “Exploring The
Stuart Highway”. It is well written, researched and illustrated. It includes a superb picture of Stuart, as well as an excellent reproduction of his route map, and a good summary of The Great Northern Exploring Expedition.
Explorations in Australia
Explorations in Australia – The Journals of John McDouall Stuart During the years of 1858, 1859, 1860, 1861 & 1862. Edited From Mr Stuart’s Manuscript By William Hardman, M.A., F.R.G.s. , &c. London.
1865 Facsimile Edition, HESPERIAN PRESS, Western Australia, 1986.
John McDouall Stuart’s Explorations, 1858-62.
South Australian Parliamentary Papers 1858-63. Published by Friends of the State Library of South Australia, 2001.
This publication has an excellent introduction by respected historian and librarian, Valmai Hankel, which greatly assists in understanding the wider perspective around Stuart’s explorations. The Parliamentary Papers differ only slightly from the Journals edited by Hardman (see above entry).
Stuart’s Fourth Expedition
Stuart’s Fourth Expedition. (reproduced exactly as Stuart wrote it). Sullivan’s Cove, 1984.
J. McDouall Stuart’s Explorations across the Continent of Australia
J. McDouall Stuart’s Explorations across the Continent of Australia (Stuart’s Sixth Expedition). Friends of the State Library, South Australia, 1966.
The Journal of J McD S Second Journey of Exploration
The Journal of J McD S Second Journey of Exploration April-July 1859. Friends of the State Library, South Australia, 2002.
J. McDouall Stuart EXPLORATIONS 1861 – 2
J. McDouall Stuart EXPLORATIONS 1861 – 2 Melbourne – F.F. Bailliere 1863. Friends of the State Library of South Australia 1996.
Comments On The Journals Of John McDouall Stuart
Comments On The Journals Of John McDouall Stuart by T.G.H. Strehlow. Library Board Of South Australia, Adelaide, 1967.
Across The Centre
Across The Centre By Edward Stokes. Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd, 1966.
Overland Telegraph
Overland Telegraph By Frank Clune. Angus & Robertson, 1955.
Explorers of Australia
Explorers of Australia by Ernest Favenc. Whitcombe & Tombs Ltd, 1908.
The Territory
The Territory by Ernestine Hill. Angus & Robertson, 1951.
Colonial Dynasty
Colonial Dynasty by Margaret Goyder Kerr. Rigby, 1980.
An End to Silence
An End to Silence by Peter Taylor. Methuen Australia, 1980.
Exploring in the Seventies
Exploring in the Seventies by Alfred Giles. Friends of the State Library, South Australia, 1995.
Bush Tucker Man, Stories of Exploration and Survival
Bush Tucker Man, Stories of Exploration and Survival by Les Hiddins. ABC Books, 1996.
The Explorers
The Explorers by Tim Flannery. The Text Publishing Company, 1998.
Australian Geographic July/Sept 1998
Australian Geographic July/Sept 1998 (Number 11) by Edward Stokes.
The Singing Line
The Singing Line by Alice Thomson. Chatt & Windus, 1999.
John McDouall Stuart
John McDouall Stuart by Douglas Pike. Oxford University Press, 1958.
Explorers of Australia
Explorers of Australia by Geoffrey Badger. Kangaroo Press, 2001.
Tanami
Tanami by Kieran Kelly. Pan Macmillan, 2003.
The Dig Tree
The Dig Tree by Sarah Murgatroyd. The Text Publishing Company, 2002.
Mr Stuart’s Track
Mr Stuart’s Track by John Bailey. Pan Macmillan, 2006.
The most recent ‘Stuart’ book; a well written biography. A most satisfactory read.
Thumbs Up Australia
Thumbs Up Australia by Tom Parry. Nicholas Brearly Publishing, 2006.
Subtitled ‘Hitching the Outback’, this is an entertaing tale of a hitchiking couple who follow Stuart’s route.
Newsletters and Papers
Newsletters and Papers presented by the John McDouall Stuart Society Inc.
See the CD-ROM mentioned above, or contact the President.
Conquering The Continent
Conquering The Continent by Kelvin Hogarth.
DVD or VHS video film of Hogarth’s attempt to retrace Stuart’s Last Expedition, 1990.
Billiatt
Billiatt by Shirley Cameron Wilson.
Watt Price Publications 2006.
Compiled and edited by Annabel Price and Jill Watt.
This is the story of the life & times of John William Billiatt, who was the youngest of the Companions to successfully cross the continent from south to north.
Ray Mears Goes Walkabout
Ray Mears Goes Walkabout by Ray Mears.
Hoder & Stoughton 2008.
An interesting travelogue by a highly respected survival and wild food expert. The desert section of the book features Stuart’s little known 2nd & 3rd Expeditions of 1859-60.
