Reports on preparations for a South Australian Government expedition party sent to the Simpson Desert to search for possible remains of explorer Ludwig Leichhardt. August 1938.

The article details preparation for the expedition, including the fabrication of eight boxes to transport the supposed skeletons back to Adelaide.

Meanwhile, the plan to send a Government-funded expedition was being questioned in parliament, with assertions that identifying the bones as European or Aboriginal would surely only require the opinion of one expert anthropologist, not a whole party.

Chief Secretary Sir George Ritchie defended the decision, suggesting the matter was of "sufficient importance to warrant the sending of an expedition."