Contents – Due North
Foreword v
Measurements vii
Directions viii
The People Who Worked on This Volume xvi
Introduction xxviii
American Whalers on the North Coast. 1
1847.
The Voyage of the Scout – Exploration in the North West of Western Australia. 1
1861.
F.T. Gregory’s Expedition to the North-West Coast, April – July. 2
F.T. Gregory. Journal of the North-West Australian Exploring Expedition. 3
Appendix. 62
Vocabulary of the Aboriginal Language at Nickol Bay by Mr P. Walcott. 67
Return of Gregory. 68
1862–1863.
Walter Padbury’s Expedition to the North-West Coast. 1863. 69
F.T. Gregory to Padbury re the North West. 69
W. Padbury. Proposed Further Exploration of the North West. 71
Preparations for a New Expedition. 72
Mr Padbury’s Expedition. 72
Joseph Beete Ridley at Nicol Bay with Walter Padbury.. 74
Joseph Beete Ridley Transmits his Report of Proceedings at Nicol Bay. 75
Letter and diary of Charles Nairn, sent to his sister. . 112
Extracts from the journal of Charles Nairn 118
Reporting arrival at Nicol Bay in the Tien Tsin. 121
Return of Walter Padbury’s Expedition to Nicol Bay. 122
The Tien Tsin’s Track to the Harding River. First Trip. 126
The Tien Tsin’s Second Trip to the North-West Coast. 130
W.A. Taylor to Walter Padbury. Nicol Bay Letter. 138
Captain Jarman’s Journal of the Tien Tsin’s Third Trip. 140
James Turner. Remarks on Nicol Bay. 146
Captain J.T. Jarman. Remarks. 148
Exploration and settlement of the North-West Coast. Journal of C.C. Hunt. . 150
Charles Cooke Hunt. Exploration from Fremantle to De Grey River in the Cutter Mystery. 156
The trip of the Flying Foam to the Glenelg River. 200
James Martin. Voyage to the Glenelg River, North-West Australia. 208
From Champion Bay to Doubtful Bay. 209
From Doubtful Bay to the Lower Rapids of the Glenelg River. 216
Land Exploration to Camden Harbour. 227
From the Glenelg River to Collier Bay. 235
Collier Bay. 237
Report. 249
1863 – 1864.
The Lust for Gold Makes Men Bold. 272
The convict ‘Wildman’. A fool’s tale of gold. 272
Gold at the Glenelg. 276
1864 – 1865.
Exploration. The North Coast. 282
Glenelg Expedition. 285
Frederick Kennedy Panter. Journal. 286
Panter. Expedition to Brecknock Harbour, Camden Sound and Roebuck Bay. 297
The Glenelg Expedition. 300
Auriferous Quartz from Western Australia. 301
Quartz from the Government of Western Australia. 302
The Geology of the North-West. 302
Dr James Martin. Journal of a Voyage of Exploration to Brecknock Harbour and Roebuck Bay, on the North-West Coast of Australia, in March, April, and May 304
From Champion Bay to Camden Harbor. 304
From Brecknock Harbor to Roebuck Bay. 336
Roebuck Bay and the adjacent country. 340
From Roebuck Bay to Fremantle. 356
Thomas Burges. Expedition to the Gascoigne and Exmouth Gulf 359
Journal of the expedition to North West coast per schooner Flying Foam from Champion Bay. Diary of Thomas Burges. 360
W.A. Taylor. Exploration in Northern Australia. 379
Roebuck Bay Expedition 1864-65. The loss of Panter, Goldwyer and Harding. 382
L.C. Burges, Jun., Journal. October 1864 – January 1865. 383
L.C. Burges, Jun., Journal. 385
F.K. Panter. Official Report. 391
F.K. Panter. Journal. November 1864. 392
Constable W.H. Goldwyer. Journal. November 1864. 393
James Harding. Journal. October – November 1864. 394
James Harding. Journal. 396
James Harding. Journal. 398
Settlements at the Harding and De Grey Rivers, North West Coast. 399
Journal of the Late Voyage of the Tien Tsin. December 1864. 399
James Orkney’s Letter to Governor Hampton. 403
The Search for the Three Missing Explorers, Panter, Goldwyer and Harding. 404
Instructions to the Commander of the Clarence Packet. 404
Instructions to the Searching-party for the Missing Explorers. 405
Joseph Logue. Official Correspondence. 407
Confirmation of the Fate of Panter, Goldwyer and Harding. February – March. 410
Discovery of the remains of the north-west coast explorers. 413
To the Memory of Messrs Panter, Harding, and Goldwyer. 416
Maitland Brown. Expedition in search of Panter, Harding and Goldwyer. 417
David Francisco. The Panter-Harding-Goldwyer Relief Expedition of 1865. 452
Inquest on the bodies of Messrs F. K Panter, J. R. Harding, and W. H. Goldwyer. Inquirer 24 May 1865. 478
Pioneers of Nor’-West Australia. Pastoral and Pearling. By Lockier Clere Burges, Senior. 481
Discovery of a New Island on the NW coast of Australia. April 1865. 515
Gulliver in Dampier Land. Editorial. 516
L.L. Mount to Exmouth Gulf. June – July 1865. 518
Thomas C. Murray to Exmouth Gulf. 520
The Camden Harbour Association. 530
Nicol Bay. April – June 1865. 530
Roebuck Bay. McRae’s Expedition. October 1865. 533
Camden Harbour Minerals, by the Reverend W.B. Clarke. 535
- Hooley. Journal of an Expedition to Shark Bay. November 1865 – January 1866. 537
News from Mr Hooley’s Exploring Party. 543
Vocabulary of Native Language Shark’s Bay. 546
1866.
Thomas Baynton. The North-West of Australia. 547
James Cowle. Roebuck Bay to Port Walcott Overland. January – February 1866. 552
Robert J. Sholl. Return to the Harding From Camden Harbor. 569
The State of the Settlements at Port Walcott and Nickol River. 573
T.C. Sholl’s Boat Trip to the Fortescue. March 1866. 580
H.W. Venn and Others. Nicol Bay to Ashburton River. March – April 1866. 586
R.J. Sholl. Overland to the Mouth of the Fortescue River. February – March 1866. 595
E.T. Hooley. From Perth Overland to Nickol Bay and Return. April–November. 601
Our Northern Territory. 629
Alexander McRae. Exploration on the Fitzroy River. May 1866. 633
Charles Wedge. Searching for an Overland Route to Port Hedland. May – June. 637
T.C. Sholl and A. McRae. Exploration to Exmouth Gulf and Ashburton River. 642
Resident’s note to Colonial Secretary regarding Exploration to Exmouth Gulf and Ashburton River. 643
T.C. Sholl. Report of Expedition to Exmouth Gulf and Ashburton River. 648
McRae. Report of Expedition to Exmouth Gulf and Ashburton River 657
Seymour, Venn and party for the Denison Plains Company. 666
Journal of Exploring Party consisting of Robt. Seymour, H.W. Venn, S. Viveash, D. Patterson and H.J. Pettit from the Harding River N.W.A. 1866. 667
Francis Mount. From Butchers Inlet Overland to De Grey River. 676
Exploring the country lying between the Upper Sherlock and Fortescue. T.C. Sholl. August – September. 678
T.C. Sholl and A. McRae. Expedition to the Upper Sherlock and Fortescue 677
T.C. Sholl. Expedition to the Upper Sherlock and Fortescue. 679
A McRae. Expedition to the Upper Sherlock and Fortescue. 681
R.J. Sholl. The North-West Settlements. 685
1867.
T. Hooley. Overland Route Between the Murchison and Nickol Bay. 688
1870s
P.E. Warburton. Journey across the Western Interior of Australia. 1872–1874. 690
Note on the value of camels in Australian exploration. 754
Subsequent proceedings of the Expedition, and return to Adelaide 755
1880s – 1900s.
R.C.S. MacPhee. Gold Prospecting Party in the North. 1887. 759
The Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition 1896–1897 779
William F. Rudall. Surveys and Exploration. 1896. 781
David Carnegie. Exploring and Prospecting Expedition. Coolgardie to the Kimberley and Return. 1896–1897. 782
Frank Hann. Explorations. 1897–1898. 783
Nathaniel Cooke and Lewin Cooke. 784
Charles Erskine May, surveyor and explorer. 784
Canning Stock Route Survey. 1906–1907. 784
Errata
The Brockman Droving Expedition of 1874–1875 and the Clarkson Drove of 1873–1874. 786
Biographical Notes 788
Appendix 1. The loss of the Emma. 819
Appendix 2. Plants by Alex George 822
Appendix 3. Fauna and Ecology by Dr Ian Abbott 835
Index of People 848
Index of Places 853
General Index 858