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The explorers of Australia typically faced * Starvation - they could not carry enough rations for their journey, and they lacked knowledge of suitable bush foods. They had to hunt for their food (kangaroos, etc) and sometimes went for days or weeks without sufficient food * Lack of water (the Forrest brothers, Giles and Gibson) * Exhaustion (Sturt, Leichhardt. Eyre) * malaria (Leichhardt) * Murder (Eyre's overseer, Baxter, was killed by two men of Eyre's own exploration party) * Hostile aborigines (Stuart, Leichhardt, Kennedy) * Scurvy (Stuart)
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∙ 10y agoConstant threat of injury or death by drowning or other accident. Extremely heavy physical loads--typical hundreds of kilograms. Lengthy working days, usually of 12 to 14 hours. Poor diet. Ceaseless work including carrying loads or paddling. No shelter from weather. Long absence from wives, children, other relatives, friends other than workmates. Danger from animals, noxious plants, biting and stinging insects.
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