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Updated: June 29, 2025
Among the many things that we were compelled to leave behind there was none that I regretted parting with more than a copy of Captain Sturt's Expeditions, which had been sent to me by the author to Fowler's Bay to amuse and cheer me on the solitary task I had engaged in; it was the last kind offering of friendship from a highly esteemed friend, and nothing but necessity would have induced me to part with it.
From here they got fairly into a sandy, spinifex desert, which Stuart says was worse than Sturt's, for there, there was a little salt-bush; "here there was nothing but spinifex to be found and the horses were foodless."
Warburton's course at first lay some seventy miles south of Central Mount Stuart; but after a vain search for the rivers Hugh and Fincke, which were supposed to flow through the M'Donnell Ranges, he altered his direction, steering to the north-west, meaning to connect with A. C. Gregory's most southerly point on Sturt's Creek.
To the first of these plans were many objections; amongst the principal ones, were, the very unfavourable accounts given both by Captain Sturt, and Major Mitchell, of the country to the west of the Darling River the fact of Captain Sturt's having found the waters of that river salt during a continued ride of many days the numerous tribes of natives likely to be met with, and the very small party I should have with me; lastly, the course of the river itself, which trending so much to the eastward, would take us from, rather than towards the centre of this Continent.
The affair looked serious when the animal began to caper amongst Sturt's instruments, but luckily we secured him before any damage was done, though for some time theodolites, sextants, artificial horizons, telescopes, and compasses were in imminent danger.
She was wounded in the arm on the second day's march, the ball passing first below the elbow and coming out at the wrist, while there were other balls which passed through her habit; Mrs. Sturt's fatherless child, Lady Sales's grand-daughter, was born in a small room without light and almost without air.
He had been one of Sturt's party that went out with bullock-drays; but he had had genius, and had changed all that, starting upon exploring with light parties, and thus being able to accomplish so much, and he was glad to say that explorers since had followed up the same plan with great success. Chambers.
Elder and Hughes Outfit of camels Departure from Alice Springs Amongst the glens Waterloo Well No continuation to Sturt's Creek Sufferings from starvation Fortunate relief from death by thirst Arrive at the head of the Oakover Lewis starts to obtain succour His return Gosse sent out by the South Australian Government Exploring bullocks Ayre's rock Obliged to retreat Forrest's expedition from west to east Good pastoral country Windich Springs The Weld Springs Attacked by the natives Lake Augusta Dry country Relieved by a shower Safe arrival and great success of the expedition Ernest Giles in the field Elder supplies camels The longest march ever made in Australia Wonderful endurance of the camels The lonely desert Strange discovery of water Queen Victoria's Spring The march renewed Attacked by blacks Approach the well-known country in Western Australia Safe arrival Giles returns overland, north of Forrest's track Little or no result Great drought The western interior.
After travelling about four hundred miles, he reached those formidable ridges of fiery red sand in which the waters of Sturt's Creek are lost, and where A. C. Gregory was in 1856 compelled to turn back. In traversing this district, the party suffered many hardships; only two out of seventeen camels survived, and the men were themselves frequently on the verge of destruction.
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