'Cecil' the woma python was dragged from his hole near the Weelina water hole by Mount Dare Station owner Edwin Lowe. He exacted some vengeance for his unceremonious capture that evening when he escaped from the 400 gallon tank he was being held in and tried to make his way into expedition leader Grenfell Price's bed - sending panic throughout the homestead.

He was recaptured, and is shown here basking in the morning sun the following day.

The intention was to return Cecil to Adelaide to be studied at the Museum, but unfortunately he died en route. His body was studied by prominent zoologist and snake expert T. Harvey Johnston, and then returned to the Museum where a cast was made of him.

Less than sympathetic to Cecil's plight, the papers reported "Cecil is now dead, and Mr. Mountford was terribly cut up about it. So now, is Cecil."