Contents – South Australia to Western Australia Stock Route Expedition
Acknowledgements……………………………………………………………………………………………….. v
Measurements …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. vii
Direction …………………………………………………………………………………………………………… viii
Foreword …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. ix
Illustrations and Maps………………………………………………………………………………………….. xii
Abbreviations…………………………………………………………………………………………………….. xvi
Introduction………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 1
Official and Private Journals of Samuel Hübbe ………………………………………………………. 16
Diary of John Mahar 1895-1896……………………………………………………………………………211
Appendix 1. Biographical notes on members of the expedition……………………………….. 241
Appendix 2. List of medicines …………………………………………………………………………….. 249
Appendix 3. Satirical Letter to Hübbe, presumably written by his work colleagues …… 251
Appendix 4. Testimonial – Samuel Hübbe …………………………………………………………… 253
Bibliography …………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 256
Index of People …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 258
Index of Places………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 259
General Index……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 262
Illustrations and Maps
Samuel Grau Hübbe. (SLSA PRG 1415/7/2) ………………………………………………………….. ii
Hübbe signature from map. …………………………………………………………………………………… v
Map …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. xiv
Ernest Giles…………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 2
John Carruthers, Trigonometrical Surveyor, in later life. (SLSA SRG 67/22/66) ………….. 4
Samuel Grau Hübbe on camel with Afghans and others unknown. (Antony Simpson) …. 8
Locomotive used on the Great Northern Railway, 1885. (SLSA B62378)………………….. 16
Oodnadatta Railway Station. (SLSA PRG 1599/8/9) …………………………………………….. 18
Angle Pole Waterhole in 1898. (SLSA B60681-94) ………………………………………………… 22
Oodnadatta, 1909, with Hotel in background. (SLSA B26018) ………………………………… 25
Camel Pack Saddle. ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 30
- Conrad’s Meat Shop in Hindley Street, Adelaide. (SLSA B6312) ………………………… 33
Ernabella Creek. (NLA obj-142655079-1) …………………………………………………………….. 52
Ernabella Creek. (NLA obj-156249816-1) ……………………………………………………………. 80
Conrad Meats Advertisement. (Register, 21 Nov 1881) ………………………………………… 105
Tree marked by Ernest Giles at Fort Mueller. (SLSA B499 57)………………………………. 124
Fort Mueller. (SLSA B499A 58)…………………………………………………………………………. 125
Niagara Post and Telegraph Office, 1897. (SLWA B3017073_1)…………………………….. 177
Menzies Post Office. (NAA B5919) ……………………………………………………………………. 181
Coolgardie c1894. (SLWA B2965617_1) …………………………………………………………….. 184
Lady Loch Mile, 1900. (SLWA B4716679_1) …………………………………………………….. 186
Dempster’s Station, Fraser Ranges. (SLSA B499A 91)………………………………………….. 192
Dempster’s Station, Fraser Ranges. (SLSA B499A 91)………………………………………….. 195
Balladonia Station, 1897. (SLWA B3800597_1) ………………………………………………….. 196
Eucla Telegraph Station Morse Operators, 1898. (SLSA B54385) ………………………… 204
Fowlers Bay, 1909. (SLSA B11377) …………………………………………………………………… 208
Rachel Cohen. (SLQld 8587) ……………………………………………………………………………. 209
Locomotive used on the Great Northern Railway, 1910 (SLSA B57523) ………………… 211
Oodnadatta, 1897. (SLSA B47496) …………………………………………………………………….. 213
Camel Riding Saddle. ………………………………………………………………………………………. 217
Samuel Grau Hübbe in 1885. (Antony Simpson) …………………………………………………. 242
Grave Samuel Grau Hübbe in South Africa. (SLSA PRG 1415/11/3)………………………. 242
William Richard Murray. (SLSA B57549) ………………………………………………………….. 243
Playford Club Hotel, Pine Creek 1891. (SLSA B5057)………………………………………….. 245
John Mahar together with daughter, Mildred Mary Paynter, and grand-daughter Beryl, 1932. (John Supple) .. 245
Langman’s Blacksmith Shop at Hindmarsh. (Ronald Parsons) ……………………………….. 246
Grave Charles Thomas Langman, West Terrace Cemetery, Adelaide. (A. G. Peake) …. 246
Grave Joseph Vines, Paddockwood Cemetery, Saskatchewan. ……………………………….. 247
Holloway’s Ointment Bottle. ……………………………………………………………………………… 250
Cockles Anti Bilious Pills. …………………………………………………………………………………. 250
Bottle of Chlorodyne Tablets. …………………………………………………………………………….. 250
St Jacob’s Oil Bottle………………………………………………………………………………………….. 250
Map. The South Australian Stock Route Expedition 1896. Oodnadatta S.A. to Coolgardie W.A. ..263
Map. The South Australian Stock Route Expedition 1896. Coolgardie to Eucla W.A… 268