Spinifex and Sand A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Ausralia
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Spinifex and Sand
SPINIFEX AND SAND
HON. DAVID W CARNEGIE (1871-1900)
To MY MOTHER
CONTENTS
INTRODUCTION
PART I
EARLY DAYS IN COOLGARDIE
CHAPTER II
“Hard Up”
CHAPTER III
A Miner On Bayley's
PART II
FIRST PROSPECTING EXPEDITION
CHAPTER I
The Rush To Kurnalpi—We Reach Queen Victoria Spring
CHAPTER II
In Unknown Country
CHAPTER III
From Mount Shenton To Mount Margaret
PART III
SECOND PROSPECTING EXPEDITION
CHAPTER I
The Joys Of Portable Condensers
CHAPTER II
Granite Rocks, “Namma Holes,” And “Soaks”
CHAPTER III
A Fresh Start
CHAPTER IV
A Camel Fight
CHAPTER V
Gold At Lake Darlôt
CHAPTER VI
Alone In The Bush
CHAPTER VII
Sale Of Mine
PART IV
MINING
CHAPTER I
Quartz Reefing And Dry-Blowing
PART V
THE OUTWARD JOURNEY
CHAPTER I
Previous Explorers In The Interior Of Western Australia
CHAPTER II
Members And Equipment Of Expedition
CHAPTER III
The Journey Begins
CHAPTER IV
We Enter The Desert
CHAPTER V
Water At Last
CHAPTER VI
Woodhouse Lagoon
CHAPTER VII
The Great Undulating Desert Of Gravel
CHAPTER VIII
A Desert Tribe
SANDALS Arunta Tribe
CHAPTER IX
Dr. Leichardt's Lost Expedition
CHAPTER X
The Desert Of Parallel Sand-Ridges
CHAPTER XI
From Family Well To Helena Spring
CHAPTER XII
Helena Spring
CHAPTER XIII
From Helena Spring To The Southesk Tablelands.
CHAPTER XIV
Death Of Stansmore
CHAPTER XV
Wells Exploring Expedition
CHAPTER XVI
Kimberley
CHAPTER XVII
Aboriginals At Hall's Creek
CHAPTER XVIII
Preparations For The Return Journey
APPENDIX TO PART V
SOME NATIVE WEAPONS AND CEREMONIAL IMPLEMENTS
PART VI
THE JOURNEY HOME
CHAPTER I
Return Journey Begins
CHAPTER II
Sturt Creek And “Gregory's Salt Sea”
CHAPTER III
Our Camp On The “Salt Sea”
CHAPTER IV
Desert Once More
CHAPTER V
Stansmore Range To Lake MacDonald
CHAPTER VI
Lake MacDonald To The Deep Rock-Holes
CHAPTER VII
The Last Of The Ridges Of Drift Sand
CHAPTER VIII
Woodhouse Lagoon Revisited
CHAPTER IX
Across Lake Wells To Lake Darlôt
CHAPTER X
The End Of The Expedition
APPENDIX
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