Discoveries in Australia; with an account of the coasts and rivers explored and surveyed during the voyage of H.M.S.

Also a narrative of Captain Owen Stanley's visits to the islands in the Arafura Sea., widely known as Discoveries in Australia, is an 1846 two-volume work by John Lort Stokes.

In his Australian Rare Books 1788-1900, Jonathon Wantrup describes Discoveries in Australia in the following terms: "Stokes is noted as an engaging, vivacious and entertaining writer.

As the official account of the last major expedition of Australian discovery, his book is essential to a collection relating to coastal voyages.

It is also of considerable interest to collectors of inland exploration journals, since Stokes and the crew of the Beagle undertook many expeditions inland from the coast which are recorded in his book..." This article about a non-fiction book on Australian history is a stub.