Spinifex and Sand

Spinifex and Sand

David Wynford Carnegie, explorer and gold prospector in Western Australia (1871-1900)


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Table of Contents

- About This Book

- Introduction

- Part I. Early Days In Coolgardie

- Chapter I. Early Days In The Colony

- Chapter Ii. Hard Up

- Chapter Iii. A Miner On Bayley's

- Part Ii. First Prospecting Expedition

- Chapter I. The Rush To Kurnalpi

- Chapter Ii. In Unknown Country

- Chapter Iii. From Mount Shenton To Mount Margaret

- Part Iii. Second Prospecting Expedition

- Chapter I. The Joys Of Portable Condensers

- Chapter Ii. Granite Rocks Namma Holes And Soaks

- Chapter Iii. A Fresh Start

- Chapter Iv. A Camel Fight

- Chapter V. Gold At Lake Darlôt

- Chapter Vi. Alone In The Bush

- Chapter Vii. Sale Of Mine

- Part Iv. Mining

- Chapter I. Quartz Reefing And Dry Blowing

- Part V. The Outward Journey

- Chapter I. Previous Explorers In The Interior Of Western Australia

- Chapter Ii. Members And Equipment Of Expedition

- Chapter Iii. The Journey Begins

- Chapter Iv. We Enter The Desert

- Chapter V. Water At Last

- Chapter Vi. Woodhouse Lagoon

- Chapter Vii. The Great Undulating Desert Of Gravel

- Chapter Viii. A Desert Tribe

- Chapter Ix. Dr. Leichardt's Lost Expedition

- Chapter X. The Desert Of Parallel Sand Ridges

- Chapter Xi. From Family Well To Helena Spring

- Chapter Xii. Helena Spring

- Chapter Xiii. From Helena Spring To The Southesk Tablelands

- Chapter Xiv. Death Of Stansmore

- Chapter Xv. Wells Exploring Expedition

- Chapter Xvi. Kimberley

- Chapter Xvii. Aboriginals At Hall's Creek

- Chapter Xviii. Preparations For The Return Journey

- Part Vi. The Journey Home

- Chapter I. Return Journey Begins

- Chapter Ii. Sturt Creek And Gregory's Salt Sea

- Chapter Iii. Our Camp On The Salt Sea

- Chapter Iv. Desert Once More

- Chapter V. Stansmore Range To Lake Macdonald

- Chapter Vi. Lake Macdonald To The Deep Rock Holes

- Chapter Vii. The Last Of The Ridges Of Drift Sand

- Chapter Viii. Woodhouse Lagoon Revisited

- Chapter Ix. Across Lake Wells To Lake Darlôt

- Chapter X. The End Of The Expedition

- Appendix