CHAPTER XL 



BURKE AND WILLS SEARCH PARTIES IN QUEENSLAND 

 LANDSBOROUGH, WALKER AND McKINLEY, 1861-2 



SEARCH PARTIES LEAVE BEFORE SUCCESS OF HOWITT'S PARTY is KNOWN IN MELBOURNE 

 OR ADELAIDE. LANDSBOROUGH REACHES ALBERT RIVER BY SEA. DEPOT 

 ESTABLISHED AT THE FUTURE BURKETOWN. FlRST EXPEDITION LEAVES DEP&T, 

 I7TH OCTOBER, 1861. To HEAD OF O'SHANASSY RIVER. ACROSS BARKLY 

 TABLELAND TO SITE OF FUTURE CAMOOWEAL TOWNSHIP. THREATENING NATIVES. 

 LANDSBOROUGH'S RETURN. BEAME'S BROOK. WALKER'S TRACKS OBSERVED. 

 REACHES DEP6T, 19 JANUARY, 1862. SECOND EXPEDITION. SOUTH-EASTWARD. 

 CROSSES LEICHHARDT RIVER ABOVE TIDAL WATERS, 14 FEBRUARY. SOUTH- 

 EASTWARD UP ALEXANDRA RIVER. To FLINDERS RIVER NEAR DONNOR'S HILL. 

 UP RIVER PAST SITE OF FUTURE RICHMOND AND HUGHENDEN TOWNSHIPS. 

 OBSERVES WALKER'S TRACKS IN WALKER CREEK. SOUTHWARD DOWN TOWERHILL 

 CREEK AND THOMSON RIVER. WARREGO RIVER. WILLIAMS' STATION ON DARLING 

 RIVER. DISCOVERY OF MUCH GOOD COUNTRY. RACE FOR COUNTRY FOLLOWS. 



ERNEST HENRY. OCCUPATION OF HUGHENDEN STATION. DISCOVERY OF CLONCURRY 

 MINERAL FIELD. ATTENTION REDRAWN TO STOKES' " PLAINS OF PROMISE." 

 J. G. MACDONALD STARTS, JIST AUGUST, 1864, FROM CARPENTARIA DOWNS, 

 ElNASLEIGH RlVER, FOR ALBERT RlVER. MACDONALD TRAVERSES FUTURE ETHERIDGE 

 AND GILBERT GOLDFIELDS SOUTH-WESTWARD TO GILBERT RIVER. FOLLOWS 

 RIVER DOWN NORTHWARD TO SITE OF FUTURE CUMBERLAND TOWNSHIP, AND 

 NORTH-WESTWARD TO SITE OF FUTURE STRATHMORE STATION. WESTWARD TO 

 NORMAN RIVER NEAR SITE OF FUTURE GLENORE RAILWAY STATION. WESTWARD 

 ACROSS FLINDERS RIVER. SOUTH-WESTWARD ACROSS LEICHHARDT RIVER TO 

 GREGORY RIVER. DOWN GREGORY AND ALBERT RIVERS TO NEAR BURKETOWN 

 (3OTH SEPTEMBER, 1864). SOUTH-EASTWARD TO LEICHHARDT RIVER AND SELECTS 

 FLORAVILLE AS SITE OF STATION TO COMMAND " PLAINS OF PROMISE." RETURN 

 TO CARPENTARIA DOWNS (22ND OCTOBER, 1864). TAKES OUT CATTLE TO STOCK 

 FLORAVILLE. 



WALKER'S SEARCH EXPEDITION LEAVES NOGOA RIVER, 15 SEPTEMBER, 1861. 

 EMERALD DOWNS. BARCOO RIVER. BARCALDINE. ARAMAC. MUTTABURRA. 

 CAMERON DOWNS. AFTON DOWNS. NAMES STAWELL AND WOOLGAR RIVERS. 

 NORTHWARD DOWN NORMAN RIVER. WESTWARD TO FLINDERS RIVER (NEAR 

 FUTURE MILGARRA STATION). OBSERVES HORSE AND CAMEL TRACKS OF BURKE 

 AND WILLS EXPEDITION. WESTWARD TO LEICHHARDT RIVER. ENCOUNTER WITH 

 NATIVES. SAILORS' EFFECTS FOUND IN NATIVE CAMP. SOUND OF A GUN DOWN 

 THE RIVER. GREGORY'S TRACKS OBSERVED. BURIED LETTER FROM CAPTAIN 

 NORMAN DIRECTS WALKER TO DEPOT (SITE OF FUTURE BURKETOWN). WALKER 

 REACHES DEP6T, 7TH DECEMBER, l86l, AND MEETS NoRMAN. STORES REPLENISHED. 

 HASTENS BACK TO FLINDERS RIVER. RUNS BURKE AND WILLS' TRACK DOWN 

 THE RIVER (NORTHWARD) TO THEIR CAMP 119. REACHES PORT DENISON 5TH 

 MAY, 1862. 



McKiNLAY's SOUTH AUSTRALIAN SEARCH EXPEDITION. LEAVES ADELAIDE, i6TH 

 AUGUST, 1861. FINDS GRAY'S REMAINS. ENCOUNTER WITH NATIVES. HODGKIN- 



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