Contents – To The Golden Land
Foreword …………………………………………………………………………………………………………v
Prologue ……………………………………………………………………………………………………….. vi
Measurements ……………………………………………………………………………………………… viii
Directions……………………………………………………………………………………………………… ix T
The people who worked on this volume ……………………………………………………………. xi
Introduction……………………………………………………………………………………………….. xxiii
1869
Monger and Whitfield to the North East of York…………………………………………………..1
Forrest’s first expedition in search of Leichhardt ………………………………………………….2
1870
Knight. Prospecting East of Champion Bay ……………………………………………………….32
Forrest. Around the Bight to Adelaide ……………………………………………………………….40
Brown. Reports from the Government Geologist. North of Perth………………………….51
Brown. Report on the Irwin River Goldfield ………………………………………………………52
Brown. Northampton ………………………………………………………………………………………54
Brown. Champion Bay…………………………………………………………………………………….55
1871
Brown. Report on a Geological Exploration to the North East of Champion Bay, W.A.56
Brown. Geological and Mining Report on the Champion Bay Mining District……….64
Brown. Further Report on the Tallering District………………………………………………….69
Brown. As to Probable Discovery of a Gold Field ………………………………………………73
Brown. Geology of the Country passed over from the 21st August to the 17th September, 1871.. 75
Brown. Geological Report on Country in the neighbourhood of Stanton Spring, Williams and Canning Rivers, Pinjarra, Bunbury, and Cape Leeuwin……………………77
Davis. Discovery of New Country at the North…………………………………………………..81
Alexander Forrest to the East and South of the Hampton Plains……………………………82
1872
Brown. Report on the Geology of the Country examined in the neighborhood of the Swan, Sclater’s, and Yarrogin, Bindoon, Gingin, Moore River, Yatheroo, Dandaragan, Hill River, and Jurien Bay………………………………………………………………………………101
Brown. Geological Exploration of that portion of the Colony of Western Australia lying Southward of the Murchison River and Westward of Esperance Bay …………103
Nat Cooke from Mt Singleton to Menzies area …………………………………………………128
Perks to Tallering Peak ………………………………………………………………………………….128
1873
Forrest. Exploration and surveying of the Tallering country ……………………………….129
1874
John Forrest. From Geraldton to the Overland Telegraph Line……………………………132
James Sweeney with John Forrest to the Overland Telegraph Line ……………………..155
Alexander Forrest overland in 1874 ………………………………………………………………..177
- H. Kennedy with John Forrest to the Overland Telegraph Line………………………..207
Brooks’ Journal of a Trip to Eucla …………………………………………………………………..210
1875
Brooks and Ponton to the North East of Lake Lefroy…………………………………………229
Brooks. A Journey into the West Australian Desert, 1886 …………………………………..231
Giles. Fowlers Bay, S.A. to Perth. …………………………………………………………………..234
- Smith lost at Red Hill, Lake Lefroy. …………………………………………………………..256
Cecil Foss to the Upper Murchison. ………………………………………………………………..256
1876
Giles. Perth to Ophthalmia Range and Blinman, S.A…………………………………………257
The Rev. C.G. Nicolay on the south coast ………………………………………………………..262
Alexander Forrest to the Hampton Plains…………………………………………………………264
1877
- N. Butcher to the Upper Murchison …………………………………………………………….267
Campbell Taylor to the Hampton Plains …………………………………………………………..281
1878-79
Farie and Woolley lost on the Nullarbor Plain…………………………………………………..282
1880
- W. Jones to the north-east of Eucla ………………………………………………………………284
1883
- W. Mills from Beltana, S.A. to Northampton, W.A……………………………………….293
1884
An inscription at Red Hill, Lake Lefroy …………………………………………………………..306
1886
Brooks. A Journey into the West Australian Desert, 1886 …………………………………..231
1885
- M. Parker on Hampton Plains rainfall…………………………………………………………306
1887
Crawford in the Far South-East of W.A……………………………………………………………307
C.S. Gillett. Exploration between Northam and Eucla ……………………………………….319
1887-88
Grant. Overland from Albany …………………………………………………………………………340
1888
Simpson. A Trip from York to Hampton Plains …………………………………………………346
Exploring the possibilities with Lieutenant Israel ……………………………………………..360
1887, 89, 90
Brooks. Victoria Spring Re-visited ………………………………………………………………….364
Walter Dunn and the Stennett brothers from Phillips River to Yilgarn …………………366
1891-92
The Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition……………………………………………………….369
Brazier’s Surveys to the eastward of Southern Cross…………………………………………373
Lapage and Goddard to the Hampton Plains …………………………………………………….375
Gus Luck. Discovery of Coolgardie ………………………………………………………………..383
Rogers. Interesting landmarks ………………………………………………………………………..386
1893
Woodward. Report on the Country between Broomehill and the Dundas Hills ……..387
Göczel. Report on the Central Goldfields of Western Australia …………………………..394
Göczel. Geological Notes and Sketches …………………………………………………………..411
Göczel. Report on the Mines, Coolgardie District……………………………………………..427
Woodward. The South-Western Portion of the Colony ………………………………………436
Göczel. The Interior Gold Region of Western Australia……………………………………..440
Brooke’s description of Israelite Bay……………………………………………………………….478
1895
Newman’s Exploration in the North Coolgardie District ……………………………………487
Hübbe. Stock Route Expedition from South to Western Australia. 1895-96………….491
1896
Mason’s Eastern Exploration and Rabbit Incursion Expedition …………………………..557
Biographical Notes………………………………………………………………………………………..609
Appendix I – Plants by Alex George ……………………………………………………………….640
Appendix II – Fauna and ecology by Dr Ian Abbott…………………………………………..652
Appendix III – The Rev. C.G. Nicolay’s geological map of part of the south coast .661
Appendix IV – Richard Carlyon’s 1885-1886 Upper Gascoyne explorations………..662
Appendix V – Colour plates (details in list of illustrations) ………………………………. 667
Index of People …………………………………………………………………………………………….673
Index of Localities ………………………………………………………………………………………..678
General Index……………………………………………………………………………………………….687
Illustrations
Henry York Lyall Brown. Frontispiece ………………………………………………………………… ii
Malcolm Hamersley, Tommy Windich, John Forrest …………………………………………….. 3
Map, 1869. Forrest’s expedition in search of Leichhardt …………………………………….. 4-6
The horses bogged in Lake Barlee (George French Angas) ………………………………….. 14
Map, 1870. Forrest Overland, Perth to Eucla and Adelaide ……………………………… 42-49
Map, 1871. Brown. Sketch map of geological exploration NE of Champion Bay..58-59
George Monger, Hector McLarty, Tommy Windich, Jimmy Mungaroo, Alex Forrest, James Sweeney … 84
Map, 1874. A. Forrest. East and South of Hampton Plains ………………………………. 85-88
Sketch. Plate 1. Fig. 1. Ranges and bosses of bare granite. Mt Stirling ………………… 104
Sketch. Plate 1. Fig. 2. Ranges and bosses of bare granite. Yarrogin ……………………. 104
Sketch. Plate 1. Fig. 3. Ranges and bosses of bare granite. Syenite Rocks, Twertup. 104
Sketch. Plate 1. Fig. 4. Ranges and bosses of bare granite. Dome Rock, Champion Bay District…….. 104
Sketch. Plate 1. Fig. 5. Ranges and bosses of bare granite ………………………………….. 104
Sketch. Plate 1. Fig. 6. Basalt columns…………………………………………………………….. 104
Sketch. Plate 1. Fig. 7. Basalt outcrop, Cape Beaufort ……………………………………….. 104
Sketch. Plate 1. Fig. 8. Basalt cliff near Cape Beaufort………………………………………. 104
Sketch. Plate 1. Fig. 9. Country near Cardup…………………………………………………….. 104
Sketch. Plate 2. Fig. 10. Section. Mission Creek to Moore River ………………………… 105
Sketch. Plate 2. Fig. 11. Section. Phillips River ………………………………………………… 105
Sketch. Plate 2. Fig. 12. Murra Murra and Tallering Peak, view………………………….. 105
Sketch. Plate 2. Fig. 13-17. Murchison country, views ………………………………………. 105
Sketch. Plate 2. Fig. 18. Tallering Peak, view …………………………………………………… 105
Sketch. Plate 2. Fig. 20. Stirling Range, Toolbrunup Peak., view ………………………… 105
Sketch. Plate 3. Fig. 21-24. Mt Barrens, views………………………………………………….. 106
Sketch. Plate 3. Fig. 25. Eyre Range, view ……………………………………………………….. 106
Sketch. Plate 3. Fig. 26. East Mt Barren and Eyre Range, view…………………………… 106
Sketch. Plate 3. Fig. 27. Mt Drummond, view ………………………………………………….. 106
Sketch. Plate 3. Fig. 28. Middle Mt Barren, view ……………………………………………… 106
Sketch. Plate 3. Fig. 29. Eyre Peak and East Mt Barren, view …………………………….. 106
Sketch. Plate 3. Fig. 30. Coal Seam, Irwin River, section …………………………………… 106
Sketch. Plate 3. Fig. 31. Darling Range to the sea, section …………………………………. 106
Sketch. Plate 3. Fig. 32-33. Murchison River, views………………………………………….. 106
Sketch. Plate 4. Fig. 4-6. Murchison River, views……………………………………………… 107
Sketch. Plate 4. Fig. 7. White Peak, view …………………………………………………………. 107
Sketch. Plate 4. Fig. 8. Part of Moresby Range, view ………………………………………… 107
Sketch. Plate 4. Fig. 9. Champion Bay District, view ………………………………………… 107
Sketch. Plate 4. Fig. 10. Mt Victoria, view ……………………………………………………….. 107
Sketch. Plate 4. Fig. 11. Mt Curious and River Murchison, view with natives ………. 107
Sketch. Plate 5. Fig. 19. Toolbrunup Range, view ……………………………………………… 108
Sketch. Plate 5. Fig. 24. Hill River Country, view……………………………………………… 108
Sketch. Plate 5. Fig. 3. Granite Hill, Champion Bay District, section…………………… 108
Sketch. Plate 5. Fig. 2. Bunbury Basalt, section ………………………………………………… 108
Sketch. Plate 5. Fig. 1. Cape Naturaliste, section ………………………………………………. 108
Sketch. Plate 5. Section from near mouth of the Greenough River due South……….. 108
Sketch. Plate 5. Section. North to the Geraldine Mine ……………………………………….. 108
Sketch. Plate 5. Section from Champion Bay East to the Greenough River ………….. 108
Sketch. Plate 5. Section from Champion Bay in a NE direction to Mt Challoner …… 108
Sketch. Plate 5. Section. Sand Patch near the mouth of the Bowes River East to Woolcah Spring ….. 108
Sketch. Plate 5. Section from Nancarrong to the Murchison River ………………………. 108
Map. 1872. Brown’s geological map of a part of the Colony ………………………………. 127
1874 Murchison-Gascoyne Expedition team. Tommy Pierre, Tommy Windich, James Kennedy, James Sweeny, Alexander Forrest, John Forrest…….. 134
Map. 1874. Champion Bay to the Overland Telegraph Line …………………………. 135-142
Barloweery Peaks – Colour ……………………………………………………………………………. 144
Barloweery Peaks – Colour ……………………………………………………………………………. 145
Timperley Range – Colour……………………………………………………………………………… 146
A view from Camp No. 73 – Colour ………………………………………………………………… 147
Mt Narryer and Mt Murchison – Colour…………………………………………………………… 148
Mt Taylor with Mt Hale in the distance – Colour ………………………………………………. 149
Carnarvon Range – Colour …………………………………………………………………………….. 150
View of the Robinson Ranges from Camp 24, Mt Seabrook, Mt Padbury, Mt Fraser – Colour….. 151
Attacked by natives at Weld Springs – Colour ………………………………………………….. 152
View of Mt Worsnop and a remarkable bluff on the left from Mt Allott – Colour….. 153
View of Mt Rawlinson in the Barrow Range – Colour……………………………………….. 154
Barlloweree ………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 178
Mt Narrier ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 179
Survey sketches from A. Forrest’s diary …………………………………………………….. 201-206
James Heenan Kennedy, John Forrest ……………………………………………………………… 207
Map. 1874. Journey of John Brooks’ journey ……………………………………………… 212-213
Map. 1875. Journey of Brooks and Ponton……………………………………………………….. 230
Map. 1875. Desert journey of J. Brooks …………………………………………………………… 232
Peter Nicholls, Alec Ross, Saleh Mahomet, Jesse Young, Ernest Giles, W.H. Tietkens, Tommy Oldham …… 235
Map. 1875. Giles expedition from SA to WA ……………………………………………… 236-240
Map. 1875. Jesse Young’s geological sketch maps………………………………………. 247-255
Map, 1876. Giles expedition from Perth to SA via the Ophthalmia Range………258-261
Map. 1880. Jones exploration NE of Eucla ………………………………………………………. 285
Map. 1883. Mills’ route from Beltana, SA to Northampton, WA …………………… 294-295
Map. 1888. Crawford’s travels on the Nullarbor ……………………………………………….. 308
View of the country west of Eucla …………………………………………………………………… 309
View of the country 150 miles NW of Eucla …………………………………………………….. 310
Camp 90 miles east of Queen Victoria Spring…………………………………………………….311
Country being cleared 80 miles west of Eucla…………………………………………………… 312
A pool in the desert NNW of Eucla …………………………………………………………………. 312
Entrance to caves 80 miles west of Eucla …………………………………………………………. 313
Elder Expedition. 1891. F.W. Leech, L.A. Wells, A. Warren, D. Lindsay, R. Ramsay, V. Streich, F.J. Elliot, R. Helms, A.P. Gwynne ….. 370
Map. 1892. Elder Expedition ……………………………………………………………………. 371-372
Map. 1893. Goddard. Hampton Plains and East…………………………………………..377-382
Map. 1893. Göczel. Geological sketch of the SE goldfields ……………………………….. 420
Sketch. Ideal section from one granite rock to another ………………………………………. 421
Sketch. Ideal section from Gnarlbine to the Red Kangaroo Hills…………………………. 421
Sketch. Ideal section across Lake Cowan …………………………………………………………. 422
Sketch. Small lake and section of its western bank ……………………………………………. 423
Sketch. Section across a fold ………………………………………………………………………….. 424
Sketch. Felsite-porphyry bank and dykes …………………………………………………………. 424
Sketch. Granite rock and section of adjoining well ……………………………………………. 425
Sketch. Rock-holes ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 426
Sketch. The Waterfall. (About 50 miles north of Goongarrie) …………………………….. 441
Sketch. Mt Margaret from the south west…………………………………………………………. 442
Sketch. Gum Creek. Cue – Lake Carey Track …………………………………………………… 443
Sketch. The Lighthouse. Cue – Lake Carey Track …………………………………………….. 444
Sketch. Desert Gates. Cue – Lake Carey Track …………………………………………………. 445
Map. Göczel. Geological sketch. Goongarrie, Lake Carey, Lake Darlot to Cue…….. 446
Map. Göczel. Geological Sketch Map of Interior Goldfields Region of WA ………… 447
Map. 1895-96. Hübbe From SA to WA and return ………………………………………. 492-493
Map. 1896. Mason’s Eastern Exploration and Rabbit Incursion Expedition…….559-560
Camels leaving for Coolgardie ……………………………………………………………………….. 583
Expedition leaving Kurnalpi …………………………………………………………………………… 585
Yindi Granite Rock ……………………………………………………………………………………….. 587
The Ponton …………………………………………………………………………………………………… 589
Observing for latitude ……………………………………………………………………………………. 591
Yayoudle ……………………………………………………………………………………………………… 593
Camp on Premier Downs ……………………………………………………………………………….. 595
Noel Murray Brazier. ………………………………………………………………………………………611
Henry York Lyell Brown………………………………………………………………………………….611
Sarah Theresa Brooks. …………………………………………………………………………………….611
John Paul Brooks. …………………………………………………………………………………………..611
Richard Burges……………………………………………………………………………………………… 613
Edward William Butcher………………………………………………………………………………… 613
Nathaniel Cooke……………………………………………………………………………………………. 613
Alexander Crawford………………………………………………………………………………………. 613
Alexander Forrest………………………………………………………………………………………….. 615
John Forrest………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 615
Sir Malcolm Fraser………………………………………………………………………………………… 615
Ernest Giles………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 615
Stephan L. Göczel…………………………………………………………………………………………. 617
Malcolm Hamersley. ……………………………………………………………………………………… 617
Richard Helms. …………………………………………………………………………………………….. 617
Samuel Grau Hübbe………………………………………………………………………………………. 621
James Heenan Kennedy. ………………………………………………………………………………… 621
Frederick William Leech………………………………………………………………………………… 621
David Lindsay. ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 621
Jules August Luck. ………………………………………………………………………………………… 627
Arthur Gregory Mason…………………………………………………………………………………… 627
William Whitfield Mills. ………………………………………………………………………………… 627
William Richard Murray. ……………………………………………………………………………….. 627
Charles Grenfell Nicolay………………………………………………………………………………… 629
William Mercer Parker…………………………………………………………………………………… 629
John Perks ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. 629
Charles Danvers (Deuriche) Price. ………………………………………………………………….. 629
Alexander Ross. ……………………………………………………………………………………………. 635
Victor Franz Paul Streich. ………………………………………………………………………………. 635
James Charles Sweeney. ………………………………………………………………………………… 635
William Harry Tietkens………………………………………………………………………………….. 635
Lawrence Wells…………………………………………………………………………………………….. 639
Tommy Winditch…………………………………………………………………………………………… 639
Harry Page Woodward. ………………………………………………………………………………….. 639
Jesse Young. …………………………………………………………………………………………………. 639
The Rev. C.G. Nicolay’s geological map of part of the south coast ……………………….661
Colour Plates
Map. 1872. Brown’s geological map of a part of the Colony ………………………………. 667
Map, 1871. Brown. Sketch map of geological exploration NE of Champion Bay..668-9
Map. 1895-96. Hübbe From SA to WA and return ………………………………………….. 670-1
Map. 1893. Göczel. Geological sketch of the SE goldfields ……………………………….. 672