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Spinifex and Sand:

Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia
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Kessinger Publishing, Jun 1, 2004 - History - 276 pages
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Contents

Spinifex and Sand
3
FIRST PROSPECTING EXPEDITION
20
FROM MOUNT SHENTON TO MOUNT MARGARET 33 PART III SECOND PROSPECTING EXPEDITION
41
MINING
76
QUARTZ REEFING AND DRYBLOWING 76 PART V THE OUTWARD JOURNEY
83
MEMBERS AND EQUIPMENT OF EXPEDITION
91
CHAPTER III THE JOURNEY BEGINS
102
CHAPTER VI WOODHOUSE LAGOON
123
CHAPTER VIII A DESERT TRIBE
140
CHAPTER X THE DESERT OF PARALLEL SANDRIDGES
154
CHAPTER XIV DEATH OF STANSMORE
192
CHAPTER XVII ABORIGINALS AT HALLS CREEK
202
APPENDIX TO PART V
209
THE JOURNEY HOME
215

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TitleSpinifex and Sand: Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia
Five Years' Pioneering And Exploration In Western Australia
AuthorDavid W. Carnegie
Editionreprint
PublisherKessinger Publishing, 2004
ISBN1419148583, 9781419148583
Length276 pages
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