Shallow watercourse seen |
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| Title : | Shallow watercourse seen |
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| Creator : | Wells, L. A. (Lawrence Allen), 1860-1938 | ||
| Source : | Lawrence Allen Wells, PRG 315/4 | ||
| Date of creation : | 1896 | ||
| Format : | Diary | ||
| Contributor : | Other | ||
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| Description : |
Lawrence Wells describes the land the Calvert Expedition was passing through in his diary entry for 12 October 1896. It continued much as it had been previously; a shallow dried up watercourse, salt pans, sandstone outcrops and spinifex. The conditions were oppressive and the surrounding country showed no signs of any relief for man or camel. The Calvert Scientific Expedition was exploring central Western Australian, looking for mineral resources or good pastoral lands. Instead they found desert, with sand dunes and salt pans and little water or feed for the camels. There was also little sign of Aboriginal occupation of the land. |
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| Related names : | Wells, L. A. (Lawrence Allen), 1860-1938 Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896-1897 |
| Coverage year : | 1896 |
| Place : | Great Sandy Desert (WA) |
| Further reading : | Journal of the Calvert Scientific Exploring Expedition, 1896-7: equipped at the request and expense of Albert F. Calvert, Esq., F.R.G.S., London for the purpose of exploring the remaining blanks of Australia . Perth [W.A.]: Government Printer, 1902 Steele, Wilfred, To the great gulf: the surveys and explorations of L.A. Wells, last Australian explorer 1860-1938 Blackwood, S.A.: Lynton, [1978] The explorers Penola, S. Aust.: Penola Branch, National Trust of South Australia, 1996 |
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