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Spinifex and Sand

This CD-ROM includes a full reproduction of this early 1900s publication.
David Carnegie was the fourth son of the Earl of Suffolk, England. After education as an engineer, David Carnegie worked on tea plantations in Ceylon, but joined the rush to Coolgardie when gold was discovered in Western Australia in 1892. Over a period of five years he prospected, and led several important exploring expeditions into some of Australia's most arid areas. In 1896-1897, the Hon. David Wynford Carnegie, born in 1871, youngest son of the Earl of Southesk, led one of the last great expeditions in the exploration of Australia. His route from Lake Darlôt to Halls Creek and return, took thirteen months and covered over three thousand miles. Carnegie financed his expedition from the results of a successful gold strike at Lake Darlôt.

"Spinifex and Sand" is not a dry, daily journal but a remarkable account of discovery and survival in a most inhospitable part of the world.

A fascinating account of pioneering exploits in the desert between Coolgardie and Hall's Creek and back again, against all odds and across inhospitable country that still remains wilderness today. Despite controversy over his treatment of the aborigines Carnegie's achievement is a monument to his survival skills.  Well illustrated and includes a detailed map of his journey.


 

CONTENTS

PART I - EARLY DAYS IN COOLGARDIE
  1. Early Days In The Colony
  2. “Hard Up”
  3. A Miner On Bayley's
PART II - FIRST PROSPECTING EXPEDITION
  1. The Rush To Kurnalpi—We Reach Queen Victoria Spring
  2. In Unknown Country
  3. From Mount Shenton To Mount Margaret
PART III - SECOND PROSPECTING EXPEDITION
  1. The Joys Of Portable Condensers
  2. Granite Rocks, “Namma Holes,” And “Soaks”
  3. A Fresh Start
  4. A Camel Fight
  5. Gold At Lake Darlôt
  6. Alone In The Bush
  7. Sale Of Mine
PART IV - MINING
  1. Quartz Reefing And Dry-Blowing
PART V - THE OUTWARD JOURNEY
  1. Previous Explorers In The Interior Of Western Australia
  2. Members And Equipment Of Expedition
  3. The Journey Begins
  4. We Enter The Desert
  5. Water At Last
  6. Woodhouse Lagoon
  7. The Great Undulating Desert Of Gravel
  8. A Desert Tribe
  9. Dr. Leichardt's Lost Expedition
  10. The Desert Of Parallel Sand-Ridges
  11. From Family Well To Helena Spring
  12. Helena Spring
  13. From Helena Spring To The Southesk Tablelands
  14. Death Of Stansmore
  15. Wells Exploring Expedition
  16. Kimberley
  17. Aboriginals At Hall's Creek
  18. Preparations For The Return Journey
    Appendix To Part V
PART VI - THE JOURNEY HOME
  1. Return Journey Begins
  2. Sturt Creek And “Gregory's Salt Sea”
  3. Our Camp On The “Salt Sea”
  4. Desert Once More
  5. Stansmore Range To Lake MacDonald
  6. Lake MacDonald To The Deep Rock-Holes
  7. The Last Of The Ridges Of Drift Sand
  8. Woodhouse Lagoon Revisited
  9. Across Lake Wells To Lake Darlôt
  10. The End Of The Expedition



 

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