Red RoverTravelogue, northeast S.A. (Innamincka, Cordillo Downs, Lyndhurst, Strzelecki Creek area); harsh conditions in the outback; mentions Aboriginal rainmakers, Burke & Wills expedition, Murtee Johnny. |
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Adelaide ahead ALFRED HOWITT Allan Dunn Australia birds Birdsville Track Blanchewater bore Brahe brumby Burke burn-off cairn camels cattle causeway channel Cobbler Desert colour coolabahs Coongie Cooper country Cooper's Creek Cordillo Downs corellas crossing Cullyamurra waterhole died dingoes downstream drought dunes expedition explorers Farina feet Flinders Ranges flood flows grave hole homestead horse Howitt inches inland Innamincka Innamincka township Joe Mack Koortanyaninna land Land-Rover Lyndhurst Lyndhurst pub Melbourne MIKE STEEL Monticollina Moomba Mount Hopeless Murnpeowie Murtee Johnny Murtee Murtee named Cooper's Creek nardoo North outback permanent waterholes Petermorra plaque Queensland rabbit-proof fence rabbits rain RELICS river Robert O'Hara Burke rock carvings ROVER sand sandhills scene seldom shearers Sheena sheep silt bar South Australian spot station stony stream stretch Strzelecki Creek Strzelecki Track Sturt supplies surface survive thousand Tinga Tingana Towner transceiver tree truck vehicles watercourse waterhole Wilpi Yantruwantas Yidniminckanie