256 NORTHMOST AUSTRALIA 



Flebile Princi-pium melior For tuna sequatur. 

 The Persons who perished by disease were : 



Thomas Wall (Naturalist) W. Costigan 



C. Niblet E. Carpenter 



James Luff J. Mitchell 



E. Taylor J. Douglas 

 Denis Dunn 



Requiescat in 'pace. 

 The Survivors are 



William Carron (Botanist) William Goddard 



and 

 Jackey-Jackey, 



an Aboriginal of Merton District, who was Mr. Kennedy's sole companion in his 

 conflict with the savages, and, though himself wounded, tended his Leader with a 

 Courage and Devotion worthy of Remembrance, supporting him in his last moments 

 and making his grave on the spot where he fell. 



A few biographical notes on Carron's career are furnished by 

 Mr. J.H.Maiden, C.M.G., in his " Records of Australian Botanists " 

 (Journ. Roy. Soc., N. S. Wales^ XLII, 1908). Carron was born in 

 Norfolk, England, on i8th December, 1823, and arrived in Sydney 

 in 1843, in charge of plants for one of the Macleays. He was a 

 Licensed Surveyor when he joined Kennedy's expedition. After 

 the expedition he was engaged for some time in collecting plants. 

 [Documents in the Mitchell Library show that he was appointed 

 Sub-Collector of Customs at Eden, New South Wales, in 1856. 

 R. L. J.] He was on the staff of the Botanic Gardens, Sydney, as 

 a Collector, from 1st September, 1866, to 3ist December, 1875, 

 when he left to take up the position of Forester on the Clarence 

 River. He died at Grafton on 25th February, 1876. 



The portrait herewith is reproduced, by permission, from Mr. 

 Maiden's " Records." 



