
Spinifex and Sand / A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Ausralia
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Chapters (56)(click to expand)
- 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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