EXPLANATORY NOTES
The novel's real and fictional geography is discussed in Appendix 2; locations referred to in the text or Explanatory Notes are marked on the maps of South Australia (SA) (Map A, p. 486) or Adelaide (Maps B and C, pp. 488 and 489); fictional locations are indicated (in italics) where possible. For modern equivalents of sterling currency, Fahrenheit temperature and Imperial measures, see Appendix 3.
Textual variations in different printings of the novel, which are discussed in some Notes, are set out in the associated entries in the foot-of-page apparatus (its conventions of presentation are explained in the Note on the Text).