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Carr-Boyd on a prospecting trip along this part of Forrest's Route. From his diary I see that they passed about three miles North of Forrest's peak, which Breaden identified, though by Mr. Carr-Boyd's reckoning they should have been twenty miles from it.
Breaden had told me of the fact of his having seen it, but I had supposed that, as rain was falling, Woodhouse was only looking on a shallow pool that could by no possibility hold water for long. Shortly after Carr-Boyd, there followed Hubbe's party. He was sent out by the South Australian Government to follow Forrest's route, to ascertain its suitability or otherwise for a stock route.
Nationality of the first finders of Australia Knowledge of the Malays The bamboo introduced Traces of smallpox amongst the natives in the north-west Tribal rites Antipathy to pork Evidence of admixture in origin Influence of Asiatic civilisation partly visible Coast appearance repelling Want of indigenous food plants Lack of intercourse with other nations Little now left of unexplored country Conclusions respecting various geological formations Extent of continental divisions Development of coastal towns Inducements for population Necessity of the first explorings Pioneer squatters' efforts First Australian-born explorer Desert theory exploded Fertile downs everywhere Want of water apparently insurmountable Heroism of explorers Inexperience of the early settlers Grazing possible Rapid stocking of country The barrenness of the "Great Bight" Sturt, the PENN of Australia Results Mitchell's work Baron von Mueller's researches A salt lake Stuart first man across the continent Burke and Wills' heroism Services of McKinlay and Landsborough John Forrest's journeys Camel expedition by Giles The BRISBANE COURIER expedition Further explorations Stockdale at Cambridge Gulf Carr-Boyd and O'Donnell open good country in Western Australia Work done by explorers Their characteristics Conclusion.
There was no difficulty in getting men of a sort! but just the right kind of man was not easily found. My old friend Benstead added one more to the many good turns he has done me by recommending Joe Breaden, who had just finished a prospecting journey with Mr. Carr-Boyd and was looking out for a job.
Mills, Hubbe, Carr-Boyd, Macpherson, and Frost have in late years traversed the same country, not following exactly in Forrest's footsteps, but visiting several waters yielding a plentiful supply when found by him, but which were dry when seen by them.
I put more faith, however, in Breaden, whose life has been spent amongst stock and travelling cattle. When with Carr-Boyd he came to the conclusion that as far as the Warburton Range cattle could be taken without much trouble; and indeed in 1873, so I have read, Gosse drove some bullocks as far as that point, which was the furthest west he penetrated when attempting to cross the Colony.
He followed Forrest's track from water to water, at first with no difficulty; depending on Alexander Spring, he made a longish dry stage, reached the spring only to find it dry, and had a bad time in consequence. The second party to follow Forrest's route was that of Carr-Boyd in 1896, whom Breaden accompanied, and who was prospecting for an Adelaide syndicate.
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