CHAPTER XXVII 



LEICHHARDT'S OVERLAND EXPEDITION, 1844-5, continued 

 THE LYND VALLEY 



ACROSS THE DIVIDE. THE LYND RIVER DISCOVERED. TELEGRAPH LINE. CAMP 

 23RD MAY, 1845. GEOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS. CAMPS 25 AND 26TH MAY. 

 OAKS AND MULINDIE. ROB'S RANGE. THREATENING NATIVES. CAMP 27 

 MAY. LUNAR OBSERVATIONS FOR LONGITUDE. LYNDBROOK RAILWAY STATION. 

 CAMP 3 IST MAY. FOSSILBROOK. CAMP IST JUNE. FULFORD CREEK. CAMP 

 2ND JUNE. NATIVES. CAMPS 3RD AND 4TH JUNE. KIRCHNER RANGE. CAMPS 



5TH AND 6TH JUNE. NATIVES. HORIZONTAL SANDSTONE. TATE RlVER. CAMPS 



7TH, STH AND 9TH JUNE. LEICESTER. LYGON. CAMP IOTH JUNE. THE LYND, 



AFTER TRAVERSING MOUNTAINOUS COUNTRY, ENTERS ON FLATS. CAMPS I ITH 



AND I2TH JUNE. SANDSTONE AND CONGLOMERATE. MASSIE CREEK. CAMP 

 I3TH JUNE. BOX-TREE FLATS. NATIVE HUTS. CAMPS I4TH AND 15 JUNE. 

 LAST OF THE LYND RIVER. AGE OF THE HORIZONTAL SANDSTONE. PERMO- 

 CARBONIFEROUS ? DAINTREE'S DESERT SANDSTONE. MOUNT MULLIGAN. 

 PROBABLE EXTENSION OF ARTESIAN WATER AREA. FAUNA OF THE LYND VALLEY. 



(SEE MAP K.) 



A~~TER spending some time in an attempt to get on western 

 waters, Leichhardt succeeded in crossing the DIVIDING 

 RANGE and dropped down on the river to which he gave 

 the name of LYND, and which he ultimately followed 

 down to the north-west till it joined the MITCHELL RIVER. 



Leichhardt's narrative of this portion of his travels shows some 

 carelessness as regards the direction and the distances travelled 

 daily. It may be assumed that, as he knew that he was following 

 a river with a general north-westerly course, he trusted to the 

 establishment of his position from time to time by observations 

 for latitude, but as a matter of fact such observations were not 

 always possible or convenient. The best that can now be done 

 is to assume the correctness of the latitudes given and trust to 

 hints in the narrative for the position of intermediate camps. 

 Arrowsmith's map, however, gives additional information on many 

 points, and, as it was " laid down from Leichhardt's original map," 

 such information is of material assistance. 



The gap by which Leichhardt crossed the DIVIDING RANGE on 

 2yd May, 1845, appears to have been that which now takes the 

 TELEGRAPH LINE from Junction Creek to Mount Garnet. From 

 this gap he reached the LYND in about 6 miles. The rock passed 

 over was mainly granite. CAMP, 23RD MAY. Lat. 17 58' S. 



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