In 1833, Thomas Maslen, an Indian colonialist faced two known facts - 1. The inland of Australia was unknown. 2. There were rivers going westward, away from the sea. The conclusions he drew from these two seemingly unrelated pieces of information are fascinating, and worthy of discussion.

If you feel like reading Thomas Maslen's book yourself, the whole resource is available online! Though be warned, it's 481 pages long. The Victorians were never famed for their brevity!
https://archive.org/details/friendaus...

This is a remake of an old video I've made - if you're interested in seeing the development of my video-making methods, and covering the same topic in two different ways, here's a link to the old video - it's unlisted now, but you can still see it, if you really want to:    • The Great Australian Inland Sea - How...  

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Music: "Double Drift" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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