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was erroneous : I went from the Starcke to the Norinanby via 

 Desert Creek ; but the identification of my Camp 28 was correct.) 

 The river on which my Camp 28 was situated was named by Mr. 

 Embley the JACK RIVER when he located its junction with the Nor- 

 manby in 1883. Many years later, within the boundaries of what 

 had by that time become the Starcke Goldfield, a little alluvial GOLD 

 was discovered at the head of the river (the miners called it the 

 JACK DIGGINGS) which I had looked down on i8th August, 1879. 

 If there is to be a JACK RIVER, the name should belong to this river 

 and to no other. Because of the " diggings " the name known to 

 the miners could hardly be altered, at any rate. It might easily 

 prove inconvenient and annoying to have THREE RIVERS of the same 

 name in the same region. 



In 1883 and the early part of 1884, Mr. Embley traversed the 

 Normanby, Laura, Bizant, Kennedy, North Kennedy and More- 

 head Rivers, and the creeks on " Koolburra," also the heads, such 

 as East and West Normanby, Mosman, Little Laura and St. 

 George. The positions of creeks between the rivers were fixed by 

 cross-lines, which became run-boundaries. 



To be more precise, *'.*., to take only what are shown by firm 

 lines on the 4-mile maps, Mr. Embley traversed : 



NORMANBY RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 



NORMANBY RIVER (SEE MAPS G AND E) from lat. 15 48' S. and 

 long. 145 3' E., via the infall of the West Normanby (lat. 15 

 40' S. and long. 144 56' E.) ; the infall of the Laura (lat. 15 13' S. 

 and long. 144 28') ; the infall of the Kennedy (lat. 14 56' S. and 

 long. 144 18' E.) ; the outfall (lat. 14 43' S. and long. 144 11' E.) 

 of a branch which seems to carry the bulk of the river's water 

 north-westward to the North Kennedy ; and the outfall (lat. 

 14 41' S. and long. 144 n' E.) of a branch which becomes Fergu- 

 son Creek l ; to its mouth (an insignificant inlet as regards volume 

 and depth of water) in Princess Charlotte Bay (lat. 14 24" S. and 

 long. 144 I o' E.). 



WEST NORMANBY RIVER (MAP G) from lat. 15 50' S. and long. 

 144 59' E. to its junction with the Normanby. 



LAURA RIVER AND TRIBUTARIES 



LAURA RIVER (MAPS G AND E) from lat. 15 57' S. and long. 

 144 50' E., via the infall of the Mosman River, near what is now 

 Laura Railway Station (lat. 15 3' S. and long. 144 27' E.) to 

 its junction with the Normanby River. 



MOSMAN RIVER from lat. 15 37' S. and long. 144 23' E. to its 

 junction with the Laura River. 



1 Named Ferguson after a Brisbane resident who was one of the Bizant Syndicate. 



