To the Great Gulf: The Surveys and Explorations of L. A. Wells, Last Australian Explorer, 1860-1938Includes many references to contacts with Aborigines during explorations in various parts of Australia. |
Contents
CHAPTER | 15 |
Chapter | 17 |
QUEENSLAND AND NORTHERN TERRITORY BOUNDARY SURVEY 188486 22 | 22 |
Copyright | |
16 other sections not shown
Common terms and phrases
Aborigines acacia Adelaide arrived bearing became Bejah Buchanan buckets bush Calvert expedition camel feed camels camp carried Carruthers chains Charles dead depot desert gums direction distance drift sand east Ernest Giles feet fire Fitzroy Crossing Fitzroy River flats Fraser Range gallons of water George Jones Georgina River heat high sand ridge horses inches Joanna Spring journal Keartland Kimberleys Lagoon Lake latitude leader Leichhardt Lindsay Lirmi located longitude Mabu Magarey main party mile-post miles morning Mount Bates Mount Squires Mullewa night Northern Territory northwards Oakover River October Poeppel Poeppel's Corner porcupine grass Queen Victoria's Spring Queensland reached rock-hole Royal Geographical Society Sandy Desert SCIENTIFIC EXPLORING EXPEDITION search party smoke soakage South Australia South Australian Branch spinifex started Sturt supply surveyor telegraph station took tracks travelling traverse tribe vicinity Victoria River walked Warburton warriors waterhole Western Australia whilst