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On $oth August, the COLEMAN was found to be going too far 

 east, and was crossed. Eight miles from Camp 27, a low ridge 

 formed the WATERSHED between the Coleman and a creek which 

 flowed northward. Here tracks of CATTLE, both old and fresh, 

 were detected by Jerry. The creek was followed for some distance, 

 to the north and then to the north-west. Some 18 miles (14, 

 according to Hann, but he was on " easy travelling ") north of 

 Camp 27, CAMP 28 was pitched on burnt country beside a small 

 creek with " abundance of water." Three NATIVES walked past 

 the camp in the afternoon " very leisurely and fearlessly." They 

 were smeared with mud, even on the head, perhaps as a precaution 

 against flies. They accepted a present of fish-hooks. 



Hann was under the impression that the creek he had followed 

 down to Camp 28 was an affluent of the Kendall of the Brothers 

 Jardine, but it must have been the head of Mulligan's KING RIVER, 

 a tributary of the Coleman. The party was now within the 

 boundaries of the present HAMILTON GOLDFIELD and only a few 

 miles east of the YARRADEN TOWN RESERVE. 



The lure of FRESH BEEF exacted a day's delay in search of the 

 cattle whose tracks had been seen, and which must have been the 

 offspring of some of those lost by Jardine. The search, however, 

 was not rewarded by success. Taylor took advantage of the delay 

 to visit and ascend MOUNT NEWBERY, the landmark for which the 

 party had been steering for some time back. The mount is said 

 to have been " about 2 miles from the camp." The direction is 

 not given, but it was evidently ahead on the route, and is more 

 likely to have been the hill, north-east of Yarraden, named MOUNT 

 RYAN than the one east of the head of Balclatha Creek which is 

 named Mount Newbery in the 4-mile map. It was named after 

 J. Cosmo Newbery, Chemist to Selwyn's Geological Survey of 

 Victoria. 



On ist September, the journey was continued to the NNW. 

 for about 14 miles (Hann says 10, but I apply the " easy-going 

 correction "), across a branch of the HOLROYD on which the 

 VIOLETVILLE Receiving Office is now situated, and then across 

 RYAN CREEK, another branch of the Holroyd. CAMP 29 was on 

 " a springy flat with abundance of water," in the neighbourhood 

 of the modern EBAGOOLAH TOWNSHIP, the centre of the HAMILTON 

 GOLDFIELD. Warner, by a sun-observation, placed the camp in 

 lat. 14 13' 4 // S., about 6| miles too far south. It may be mentioned 

 that a TELEPHONE LINE now connects Ebagoolah Post Office with 

 the Cape York Telegraph Line, which is 12 miles off at its crossing 

 of the Stewart River. 



On 2nd September, the party headed north, and in 9 miles were 

 on the DIVIDE BETWEEN THE WATERS OF THE GULF AND THE PACIFIC 

 (which is now the northern limit of the HAMILTON GOLDFIELD). 

 A descent of 3 miles (mica-schist and gneiss) to the north-east 



