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WILSON McOrist\u2019s latest book, The Boy from Long <\/em>Gully tells the story of an unsung hero of early twentieth century Antarctic exploration.<\/p>\n

Richard Richards was born in Long Gully in 1894 and was educated at Bendigo High School, and worked as a science teacher, before joining renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton on an expedition to Antarctica in 1914.<\/p>\n

McOrist, who has previously written on Shackleton, wrote The Boy from Long Gully<\/em> as a tribute to Richards, and said he believes he was as heroic as Australian Antarctic explorer Douglas Mawson.<\/p>\n

\u201cYes, Douglas Mawson was an Antarctic hero, but this guy ranks up with him,\u201d McOrist said.<\/p>\n

Mawson is most well-known for being the sole survivor of a three-man party investigating unexplored regions of the continent from 1911 to 1914 and contributed much to Australian geology in the 1900s.<\/p>\n

In a separate mission in 1914, Richards was part of a food depot laying party with five Englishmen, placing supplies for Shackleton\u2019s team on the Imperial Trans-Antarctic expedition, the last major trek of the Heroic Age of Antarctic exploration.<\/p>\n

When Shackleton\u2019s boat was destroyed, the expedition took a turn with the party never trekking across to meet up with Richards\u2019 ream.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe story is quite dramatic, one Australian, this boy from Long Gully called Dick Richards and five Englishmen, they get caught by a blizzard in their 350-mile trip back to safety,\u201d McOrist said.<\/p>\n

\u201cRichards, even though he\u2019s only 22 years old, seems to take over a leadership role with one of the Englishmen, and managed to save all their lives,\u201d McOrist said.<\/p>\n

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Richard Richards was 22 years old when he embarked on a life-threatening expedition.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Leading the party when conditions became life-threatening, Richards steered the group and helped rescue three of the men when they became lost in the snow.<\/p>\n

McOrist said he read through the men\u2019s diaries and was captivated by the explorers\u2019 attitudes as they faced blizzards and food shortages.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey ran out of food after a day-and-a-half and then their fuel ran out so they couldn\u2019t even melt ice to have a drink of water, but their demeanour doesn\u2019t seem to change,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey never seem to get angry, they never blame anyone else, they just matter-of-factly get on with what they\u2019ve got to do.\u201d<\/p>\n

McOrist said Richards went relatively unknown because he wasn\u2019t the leader of the expedition, however his tale of decision making and survival prowess place him among Australia\u2019s greatest explorers.<\/p>\n

To purchase The Boy from Long Gully<\/em> head to bit.ly\/3tnwXd6<\/strong>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

WILSON McOrist\u2019s latest book, The Boy from Long Gully tells the story of an unsung hero of early twentieth century Antarctic exploration. Richard Richards was born in Long Gully in 1894 and was educated at Bendigo High School, and worked as a science teacher, before joining renowned explorer Ernest Shackleton on an expedition to Antarctica […]<\/p>\n

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