Francis Webb’s Challenge to Mid-Century Mythmaking: The Case of Ludwig Leichhardt
Abstract
Explores Francis Webb's mythmaking through the history and figures of Australian exploration, arguing that 'Webb's search was ultimately neither for gods nor heroes, but for their antithesis, the 'stained and vulnerable' mortal'.
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Published 1 October 1982 in Volume 10 No. 4. Subjects: Exploration & explorers of Australia (Land), Francis Webb.
Cite as: Griffith, Michael Joseph. ‘Francis Webb’s Challenge to Mid-Century Mythmaking: The Case of Ludwig Leichhardt.’ Australian Literary Studies, vol. 10, no. 4, 1982, doi: 10.20314/als.edadcbbb56.