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Across the continent, from south to north M'Dowall Stuart's first attempt to reach the north coast Native warfare Chambers' Pillar Central Mount Stuart Singular footprint Sufferings from thirst Aboriginal Freemasons Attack Creek Return Stuart's second departure The Victorian expedition Costly equipment Selection of a leader Burke, and his qualifications for the post Wills Resignation of Landells Wright left in charge of the main party Burke and Wills, with six men, push on to Cooper's Creek Delay of Wright Burke's final determination to push on to the north coast Starts with Wills and two men Progress across the continent Arrival at the salt water Wills' account Homeward journey The depot deserted Resolve to make for Mount Hopeless Failure and return Wills revisits the depot Kindness of the natives Burke and King start in search of the blacks Death of Burke King finds Wills dead on his return Wright and Brahe visit the depot Fail to see traces of Burke's return Consternation in Melbourne Immediate dispatch of search parties Howitt finds King Narrow escape of trooper Lyons Stuart in the north Hedgewood scrub first seen Discovery of Newcastle waters All attempts to the north fruitless Return of Stuart.
Here he made several attempts to the north-west, but could discover neither water nor watercourses in that direction; nothing but flooded plains, beautifully grassed, but heavy and rotten to ride over; beyond this, the country changed for the worse, becoming sandy and scrubby. On the 16th of May, he first encountered a new kind of scrub, which is now known as Stuart's hedgewood.
This he called Frew's Pond, and it is now a well-known camping place on the overland telegraph line. Past this spot he was not able to make any progress; twice he tried hard to reach some tributary of the Victoria River, but failed, and had to spend many long days in fruitlessly riding through dense mulga and hedgewood scrub.
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