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Ernest Giles. Australia Twice Traversed
Australia Twice Traversed
Table of Contents
AUTHOR'S NOTES. INTRODUCTION. PREFACE. BOOK 1
BOOK 2
BOOK 3
BOOK 4
BOOK 5
APPENDIX. INDEX. ILLUSTRATIONS
Maps
AUTHOR'S NOTES
ILLUSTRATION 0
Gold Medal of the Royal Geographical Society of London “Victoria D.G. Britanniarum Regina, 1837, Patrona. Or, Terras Reclusas, Ernest Giles, 1880.” INTRODUCTION
PREFACE
Map 1. First Expedition, 1872. BOOK 1
CHAPTER 1.1. FROM 4TH TO 30TH AUGUST, 1872
ILLUSTRATION 2
CHAMBERS' PILLAR
ILLUSTRATION 3
THE Moloch horridus
CHAPTER 1.2. FROM 30TH AUGUST TO 6TH SEPTEMBER, 1872
ILLUSTRATION 4
VIEW IN THE GLEN OF PALMS
THE PALM-TREE FOUND IN THE GLEN OF PALMS
CHAPTER 1.3. FROM 6TH TO 17TH SEPTEMBER, 1872
CHAPTER 1.4. FROM 17TH SEPTEMBER TO 1ST OCTOBER, 1872
CHAPTER 1.5. FROM 1ST TO 15TH OCTOBER, 1872
ILLUSTRATION 6
GLEN EDITH
CHAPTER 1.6. FROM 15TH OCTOBER, 1872 TO 31ST JANUARY, 1873
PENNY'S CREEK
ILLUSTRATION 8
ESCAPE GLEN—THE ADVANCE. ILLUSTRATION 9
ESCAPE GLEN—THE RETREAT. ILLUSTRATION 10
MIDDLETON'S PASS AND FISH PONDS
ILLUSTRATION 11
JUNCTION OF THE PALMER AND FINKE
Map 2. Second Expedition, 1873-4. BOOK 2. NOTE TO THE SECOND EXPEDITION
CHAPTER 2.1. FROM THE 4TH TO THE 22ND AUGUST, 1873
ILLUSTRATION 12
AN INCIDENT OF TRAVEL
CHAPTER 2.2. FROM 22ND AUGUST TO 10TH SEPTEMBER, 1873
ILLUSTRATION 13
TIETKEN'S BIRTHDAY CREEK AND MOUNT CARNARVON. ILLUSTRATION 14
ON BIRTHDAY CREEK
ILLUSTRATION 15
ENCOUNTER WITH THE NATIVES AT “THE OFFICER,” MUSGRAVE RANGE
ILLUSTRATION 16
THE FAIRIES' GLEN
CHAPTER 2.3. FROM 10TH SEPTEMBER TO 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1873
ILLUSTRATION 17
ZOE'S GLEN
CHAPTER 2.4. FROM 30TH SEPTEMBER TO 9TH NOVEMBER, 1873
CHAPTER 2.5. FROM 9TH NOVEMBER TO 23RD DECEMBER, 1873
ILLUSTRATION 18
THE STINKING PIT
CHAPTER 2.6. FROM 23RD DECEMBER, 1873 TO 16TH JANUARY, 1874
ATTACK AT FORT MUELLER
CHAPTER 2.7. FROM 16TH JANUARY TO 19TH FEBRUARY, 1874
DRAGGED BY DIAWAY. ILLUSTRATION 21
ATTACK AT SLADEN WATER
CHAPTER 2.8. FROM 20TH FEBRUARY TO 12TH MARCH, 1874
ILLUSTRATION 22
GILL'S PINNACLE
Map 3. Australia, Showing The Several Routes. CHAPTER 2.9. FROM 12TH MARCH TO 19TH APRIL, 1874
ILLUSTRATION 23
VIEW ON THE PETERMANN RANGE
ILLUSTRATION 24
ATTACK AT THE FARTHEST EAST
MOUNT OLGA, FROM SIXTY MILES TO THE WEST
CHAPTER 2.10. FROM 20TH APRIL TO 21ST MAY, 1874
ILLUSTRATION 26
THE CIRCUS
ILLUSTRATION 27
FIRST VIEW OF THE ALFRED AND MARIE RANGE
ILLUSTRATION 28
THE LAST EVER SEEN OF GIBSON
ILLUSTRATION 29
ALONE IN THE DESERT
JIMMY AT FORT MCKELLAR
CHAPTER 2.11. FROM 21ST MAY TO 20TH JULY, 1874
Map 4. Third Expedition, 1875. BOOK 3
CHAPTER 3.1. FROM 13TH MARCH TO 1ST APRIL, 1875
CHAPTER 3.2. FROM 2ND APRIL TO 6TH MAY, 1875
ILLUSTRATION 31
THE HERMIT HILL AND FINNISS SPRINGS
Map 5. Fourth Expedition, 1875. BOOK 4
CHAPTER 4.1. FROM 6TH MAY TO 27TH JULY, 1875
WYNBRING ROCK
CHAPTER 4.2. FROM 27TH JULY TO 6TH OCTOBER, 1875
ILLUSTRATION 33
LITTLE SALT LAKE
IN QUEEN VICTORIA'S DESERT
ILLUSTRATION 35
QUEEN VICTORIA'S SPRING
CHAPTER 4.3. FROM 6TH TO 18TH OCTOBER, 1875
ILLUSTRATION 36
ATTACK AT ULARRING
CHAPTER 4.4. FROM 18TH OCTOBER TO 18TH NOVEMBER, 1875
FORCING A PASSAGE THROUGH THE SCRUBS IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
ILLUSTRATION 38
FIRST VIEW OF MT. CHURCHMAN
ILLUSTRATION 39
THE FIRST WHITE MAN MET IN WESTERN AUSTRALIA
ILLUSTRATION 40
ARRIVAL AT CULHAM (SAMUEL PHILLIPS'S.)
ILLUSTRATION 41
ARRIVAL AT PERTH. ILLUSTRATION 42
ARRIVAL AT THE TOWN HALL, PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA
Map 6. Fifth Expedition, 1876. BOOK 5
CHAPTER 5.1. FROM 18TH NOVEMBER, 1875, TO 10TH APRIL, 1876
FAREWELL TO WESTERN AUSTRALIA
CHAPTER 5.2. FROM 10TH APRIL TO 7TH MAY, 1876
CHAPTER 5.3. FROM 7TH MAY TO 10TH JUNE, 1876
ILLUSTRATION 44
GLEN ROSS
CHAPTER 5.4. FROM 11TH JUNE TO 23RD AUGUST, 1876
ILLUSTRATION 45
GLEN FERDINAND
CHAPTER 5.5. FROM 23RD AUGUST TO 20TH SEPTEMBER, 1876
APPENDIX
LIST OF PLANTS. COLLECTED BY ERNEST GILES, F.R.G.S., DURING HIS FIRST AND SECOND EXPLORING EXPEDITIONS, 1872-1874 (ARRANGED BY BARON VON MUELLER.) [Further arranged according to Flora of South Australia Author: J.M.Black and Supplement (1965)] DILLENIACEAE:
[Brassicaceae =] CRUCIFERAE:
[Capparidaceae] CAPPARIDEAE:
[Pittosporaceae] PITTOSPOREAE:
DROSERACEAE:
[Polygalaceae] POLYGALEAE:
VIOLACEAE:
GERANIACEAE:
TILIACEAE:
MALVACEAE:
STERCULIACEAE:
FRANKENIACAE:
[Zygophyllaceae] ZYGOPHYLLEAE
SAPINDACEAE:
[Phytolaccaceae] PHYTOLACCEAE:
[Caryophyllaceae] CARYOPHYLLEAE:
[Aizoaceae] FICOIDEAE:
[Portulacaceae] PORTULACEAE:
[Chenopodiaceae] SALSOLACEAE:
[Amaranthaceae] AMARANTACEAE:
[Nyctaginaceae] NYCTAGINEAE:
[not a family] LEGUMINOSAE: [Fabaceae (=Papilionaceae)]
[Caesalpiniaceae]
[Mimosaceae]
EUPHORBIACEAE:
[Urticaceae] URTICEAE:
RHAMNACEAE:
MYRTACEAE:
STACKHOUSIACEAE:
CUCURBITACEAE:
LORANTHACEAE:
SANTALACEAE:
PROTEACEAE:
[Thymelaeaceae] THYMELEAE:
[Apiaceae =] UMBELLIFERAE:
RUBIACEAE:
[Asteraceae =] COMPOSITAE:
CAMPANULACEAE:
[Goodeniaceae] GOODENOVIACEAE: [Brunoniaceae]
[Goodeniaceae]
[Stylidaceae] STYLIDEAE:
[Boraginaceae] ASPERIFOLIAE:
[Lamiaceae =] LABIATIAE:
VERBENACEAE:
[Myoporaceae] MYOPORINAE:
[Oleaceae] JASMINEAE:
CONVOLVULACEAE:
BIGNONIACEAE:
[Asclepiadaceae] ASCLEPIADEAE:
ACANTHACEAE:
[Gentianaceae] GENTIANEAE:
[Schrophulariaceae] SCROPHULARINAE:
SOLANACEAE:
PRIMULACEAE:
[Casuarinaceae] CASUARINEAE:
[?] CYCADEAE:
[Cupressaceae] CONIFERAE:
LILIACEAE:
[?] PALMAE:
TYPHACEAE:
[Poaceae =] GRAMINEAE:
CYPERACEAE:
[Class: Pteropsida] FILICES: [Polypodiaceae]
INDEX
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Ernest Giles
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Major Mitchell was then the Surveyor-General of the Colony, and he entirely traversed and made known the region he appropriately named Australia Felix, now the colony of Victoria. Mitchell, like Sturt, conducted three expeditions: the first in 1831-1832, when he traced the River Darling previously discovered by Sturt, for several hundred miles, until he found it trend directly to the locality at which Sturt, in his journey down the Murray, had seen and laid down its mouth or junction with the larger river. Far up the Darling, in latitude 30° 5´, Mitchell built a stockade and formed a depot, which he called Fort Bourke; near this spot the present town of Bourke is situated and now connected by rail with Sydney, the distance being about 560 miles. Mitchell's second journey, when he visited Australia Felix, was made in 1835, and his last expedition into tropical Australia was in 1845. On this expedition he discovered a large river running in a north-westerly direction, and as its channel was so large, and its general appearance so grand, he conjectured that it would prove to be the Victoria River of Captain Lort Stokes, and that it would run on in probably increasing size, or at least in undiminished magnificence, through the 1100 or 1200 miles of country that intervened between his own and Captain Stokes's position. He therefore called it the Victoria River. Gregory subsequently discovered that Mitchell's Victoria turned south, and was one and the same watercourse called Cooper's Creek by Sturt. The upper portion of this watercourse is now known by its native name of the Barcoo, the name Victoria being ignored. Mitchell always had surveyors with him, who chained as he went every yard of the thousands of miles he explored. He was knighted for his explorations, and lived to enjoy the honour; so indeed was Sturt, but in his case it was only a mockery, for he was totally blind and almost on his deathbed when the recognition of his numerous and valuable services was so tardily conferred upon him. (Dr. W.H. Browne, who accompanied Sturt to Central Australia in 1843-5 as surgeon and naturalist, is living in London; and another earlier companion of the Father of Australian Exploration, George McCleay, still survives.)
These two great travellers were followed by, or worked simultaneously, although in a totally different part of the continent, namely the north-west coast, with Sir George Grey in 1837-1839. His labours and escapes from death by spear-wounds, shipwreck, starvation, thirst, and fatigue, fill his volumes with incidents of the deepest interest. Edward Eyre, subsequently known as Governor Eyre, made an attempt to reach, in 1840-1841, Central Australia by a route north from the city of Adelaide; and as Sturt imagined himself surrounded by a desert, so Eyre thought he was hemmed in by a circular or horse-shoe-shaped salt depression, which he called Lake Torrens; because, wherever he tried to push northwards, north-westwards, eastwards, or north-eastwards, he invariably came upon the shores of one of these objectionable and impassable features. As we now know, there are several of them with spaces of traversable ground between, instead of the obstacle being one continuous circle by which he supposed he was surrounded. In consequence of his inability to overcome this obstruction, Eyre gave up the attempt to penetrate into Central Australia, but pushing westerly, round the head of Flinders' Spencer's Gulf, where now the inland seaport town of Port Augusta stands, he forced his way along the coast line from Port Lincoln to Fowler's Bay (Flinders), and thence along the perpendicular cliffs of the Great Australian Bight to Albany, at King George's Sound.
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