Spinifex and Sand

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Author

Carnegie, David Wynford, 1871-1900

Title

Spinifex and Sand A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Ausralia

Credits

Produced by Col Choat and Colin Beck

Language

English

LoC Class

DU: History: General and Eastern Hemisphere: History of Oceania (South Seas)

Subject

Carnegie, David Wynford, 1871-1900

Category

Text

eBook-No.

4975

Project Gutenberg

https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/4975

Release Date

January 1, 2004

Copyright

Public domain in the USA.

Contents

1. 1.Spinifex and Sand
2. 2.by David W. Carnegie
3. 3.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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