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All hope of gaining the Gulf without wells is now gone. Wind, south. Tuesday, 2nd July, Loveday Creek. This creek I have named Loveday Creek, after R.J. Loveday, Esquire, Lithographer to the South Australian Government. Returned towards the camp. On reaching McKinlay Creek I was informed by Woodforde that Masters had remained behind, about six miles back, and had not yet come up.
There was the name and the likeness of a man far more familiar to many of them. There was Kekwick, and more recently poor McKinlay all gone to their last account.
From there they descended to Smith's Portage, on the Great Slave River, and wintered at Fort Resolution, on Great Slave Lake. In the following spring they were joined by Mr. McKinlay, the Hudson's Bay Company's agent at the Portage, and he, accompanied by Messrs. Holroyd and Holt, who had joined the party at Smith's Landing, and by Mr.
From South Australia an organised expedition of twenty-six men, with McKinlay as leader, was already engaged in the search, as well as several smaller parties from the neighbouring colonies.
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.
Stuart also conducted some minor explorations before he undertook his greater one. He and McKinlay were South Australia's heroes, and are still venerated there accordingly. He died in England not long after the completion of his last expedition. We now come to probably the most melancholy episode in the long history of Australian exploration, relating to the fate of Burke and Wills.
They are composed of sandstone, quartz, iron, limestone, and hard white flinty rocks. The sandstone predominates. We descended with great difficulty, crossed McKinlay Creek, and at five miles ascended another high hill, which I have named Mount Hall, after the Honourable George Hall, M.L.C. From this our view is most extensive, over a complete sea of white grassy plains.
South Australia sent John McKinlay, who found Gray's grave, and afterwards made a long exploration to Carpentaria, where, not finding any vessel as he expected, he had an arduous struggle to reach a Queensland cattle station near Port Dennison on the eastern coast.
John McKinlay, the leader of the Burke Relief Expedition, and the explorer, under great difficulties, of the northern territory. Mr. McKinlay died at Gawler in December, 1874, and it was resolved to perpetuate his memory by the erection of an obelisk in the cemetery.
Not having any eye-water, the only relief I could get was cold tea leaves at night. Both eyes were so swollen that I was completely blind. Fortunately, we met the McKinlay expedition returning from an unsuccessful search after Leichhardt.
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