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Western Australian Exploration
The Western Australian Exploration series makes available the reports and journals of all Western Australian exploration from 1826 through to the present. The volumes that comprise the series are produced by the Western Australian Explorers Diaries Project.

Western Australian Exploration preserves the facts of Western Australian exploration history and disseminates this information in an unbiased and objective way.

The volumes in the Western Australian Exploration series are prepared from exact transcriptions of explorers’ diaries, journals reports and letters. They are compiled, checked and proofread up to four times.

An Introduction and Appendixes on flora, fauna mode of transport, navigation and firearms relevant to the time period complement the historical data in each volume. A great variety of maps, illustrations and photographs is interspersed among the diaries.

Public Outcomes Achieved by the Project
The first and most obvious outcomes are the publication of quality volumes in the Western Australian Exploration series. The volumes are important reference works for researchers over a wide range of endeavour.

The diaries, letters and reports of exploration have proved to be useful sources for modern research historians, especially those engaged in native title history. In some cases they are a fundamental document in the determination of native title.

The Western Australian Exploration series assists ongoing work on indigenous plant and animal names, as well as medicines.

Explorers noted indigenous place names. Even when a site or feature was given a new name, the indigenous name was usually noted. Current, ongoing projects in this field acknowledge the use of Western Australian Exploration.

The Western Australian Exploration series provides park managers and tour guides with valuable interpretative material. As the series covers later periods of the State’s exploration it will be even more useful in this respect.

For many of the explorers, their Western Australian exploration reports are the only record of their lives and work in the State.

Quality of the Project
The Western Australian Explorers' Diaries Project has been established since 2000.

It is an all-volunteer effort.

It is an incorporated body.

It is a Deductible Gift Recipient under ATO Legislation.

Publications
The Western Australian Explorers' Diaries Project has produced eight quality volumes in the Western Australian Exploration series:


 * Western Australian Exploration 1826 - 1835 (2005)
 * Journal of the Brockman Droving Expedition 1874-75 (2007)
 * Evidences of an Inland Sea 1836 (2008)
 * The Finest Goldfields in the World (2009)
 * Narrative of an Expedition of Exploration in North-Western Australia (2009)
 * Desert, Drought and Death (2010)
 * Western Australian Exploration 1836 - 1845 (2011)
 * Among Wild Animals and People in Australia (2012)
 * Narrative of an Expedition of Exploration in North-Western Australia (2009)
 * Desert, Drought and Death (2010)
 * Western Australian Exploration 1836 - 1845 (2011)
 * Among Wild Animals and People in Australia (2012)
 * Western Australian Exploration 1836 - 1845 (2011)
 * Among Wild Animals and People in Australia (2012)
 * Among Wild Animals and People in Australia (2012)

Another five volumes are in preparation. They are:

The Western Australian Explorations of John Septimus Roe;

Work Completed, Canning;

Western Australian Exploration 1846-1860;

The Forrest Brothers Exploration in Australia;

Exploration Eastwards.

The material for each of these volumes is taken from source documents (explorers’ diaries or journals). The names of personnel involved in an exploration are taken from the original reports and other sources.

More than 60 Repositories from around the world have been consulted, and continue to be searched.

Each volume is printed on quality paper that is then section sewn and casebound. The volume is in hardcover, B5 format. The paper won’t discolour, the binding won’t crack and the pages won’t fall out. The volumes are enclosed in an illustrated dustjacket. The Western Australian Explorers' Diaries Project publishes Western Australian Exploration in association with Hesperian Press.

There is no comparable Project being undertaken in Australia and only a handful anywhere else in the world.

Scope
General Policy

The policy as to whether to include a report of an exploration is generally one of inclusion rather than exclusion.

Two or More Accounts of the One Exploration

Where two substantially different accounts of the one exploration are extant (for example, different start and/or finish points, different time of the year) both are included. If not substantially different, the more 'interesting' version is included and references to the other version(s) included.

Previously Published Exploration

Where the exploration has been documented and published (for example, Warburton, Grey, Gregory, Carnegie) the particular expedition is only referenced in the applicable volume in the correct chronological sequence.

Future Publication of Exploration

Where the exploration has been documented and is due to be published in a discrete volume (for example, Forrest, Roe) the particular expedition is only referenced in the applicable volume in the correct chronological sequence.

Previously Explored Country

A report of travel over previously-explored country is included only if it offers additional or complementary information (thus allowing for the different training/expertise/experiences that explorers have). Pioneering droving may be exploration depending on the circumstances.

Excursions by Naturalists and Scientists

Excursions by naturalists and scientists are excluded unless they offer new information of general interest about vegetation types and condition, soil types, indigenous people, hydrology, climatic/weather effects and similar matters. Accounts that simply offer bald lists of species are not exploration and are not included.

Maritime Exploration

Pre-settlement (1826) – not included. Post settlement – excerpts will be included if the expedition landed and explored and/or named features while coasting.

Caves Exploration

The exploration of caves in Western Australia is not covered by this Project. Incidental exploration of a cave as part of an above ground exploration may be encountered.

Prospecting Exploration

Policy still to be decided.

Aerial Surveys

Policy still to be decided.

Missed Expeditions

Diaries of expeditions of exploration that have been located after publication of the applicable volume for the year of the exploration are reproduced at the beginning of the diaries in the next chronological volume.

'''Errata '''

Errata are listed with each volume to which they relate.

'''‘Cut Off’ Date '''

This is dependent on the region. Kimberley is 1970. Eastern Goldfields is 1890.