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Mr. Firth's head station, MOUNT SURPRISE, was reached on 

 nth November. CAMP 89. This is now a station on the ETHERIDGE 

 RAILWAY, which leaves the railway from Cairns to Chillagoe at 

 Almaden. 



On I2tb November, 1872, Hann reached the JUNCTION CREEK 

 TELEGRAPH STATION and entered into communication with the 

 Hon. W. H. Walsh, Minister for Public Works and Goldfields. 

 CAMP 90. This telegraph station has now been removed to Mount 

 Surprise Railway Station. 



SUMMARY 



HANN'S CONTRIBUTION TO GEOGRAPHICAL KNOWLEDGE of the 

 Cape York Peninsula was of equal importance to that of any of 

 his predecessors. 



Commencing on the river named the LYND by LEICHHARDT 

 he followed it down to the north-west for 30 miles. Sixteen 

 miles to the north he found a new river which he named the TATE, 

 a tributary of the Lynd. Twenty- eight miles to the north he 

 found and named the WALSH RIVER, a tributary of the Mitchell. 

 He traced the Walsh for 45 miles till it fell into the MITCHELL, 

 and thence followed the Mitchell itself westward for 30 miles to 

 the junction of the LYND, joining lines at this point with LEICH- 

 HARDT. He also traced the Mitchell up from the junction of the 

 Walsh for 60 miles to the east, almost to its confluence with the 

 Hodgkinson River. The PALMER RIVER was next found about 

 30 miles north-west of the Mitchell. This important tributary 

 of the Mitchell must have been crossed by KENNEDY, who, however, 

 left no record. Struck by its auriferous capabilities, Hann explored 

 the Palmer for 50 miles to the east. From the Palmer (near 

 Lukinville) he then travelled north-westward for 80 miles, to a new 

 Gulf river which he named the COLEMAN, the greater part of the 

 journey from the Palmer to the Coleman having been on or near 

 the WATERSHED OF THE PENINSULA. He traced the COLEMAN down 

 for a few miles till it began to run westward and northward for 

 20 miles to its head. 



Pursuing his northward course, almost on the watershed of the 

 Peninsula, Hann in 40 miles struck a river which he named the 

 STEWART and identified as one crossed by KENNEDY. This river 

 he followed down to the east for 30 miles till it discharged into 

 PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BAY. 



Having reached the latitude of 14 degrees south and thus com- 

 pleted the task which he had set before himself, Hann now turned 

 homeward. South of Princess Charlotte Bay he was inevitably 

 mazed by the ANASTOMOSING OF THE MOUTHS OF THE yet-uncharted 

 KENNEDY, MOREHEAD AND NORMANBY RIVERS. From one of these 

 mouths, which he named the NORMANBY, he then marched south- 



