CHAPTER LXXXIV 

 J. T. EMBLEY'S EXPLORATIONS AND SURVEY, continued 



III. EAST COAST RIVERS 

 NORTH OF THE ROCKY RIVER GOLDFIELD 



STEWART RIVER TRAVERSED FROM COEN DIGGINGS TO PACIFIC. LALLA ROOKH STATION. 

 BREAKFAST AND MASSY CREEKS. CHARLES MASSY KILLED BY BLACKS, 1885. SURVEYS 

 OF ROCKY, CHESTER AND NISBET RIVERS. LOCKHART RIVER. ALLUVIAL GOLD. 

 SANDALWOOD GETTERS ON MC!LWRAITH RANGE AND IN LOCKHART VALLEY. OPEN 

 PLAINS IN LOCKHART VALLEY. MOUNT CARTER AND JACK'S NOB LOCATED AND 

 NAMED. 



STEWART RIVER 



IN 1895-6, Mr. Embley traversed the Stewart River from its 

 head, in 14 S. lat., near the Coen diggings township, to 

 the point where it falls into the Pacific Ocean in 14 4' S. 

 lat., a total distance of about 50 miles. (SEE MAP C.) 

 At its mouth are PORT STEWART and a reserve for the township 

 of MOOJEEBA. Kennedy crossed it in 1848, and Hann's furthest 

 north in 1872 was Claremont Point, about 4 miles north of its 

 mouth. 



Mr. Embley also traversed STATION CREEK 1 and on it located 

 LALLA ROOKH STATION, which had been taken up by the brothers 

 Glen and Charles Massy in 1882. He also ran in 1884 a NE. line, 

 24 miles in length, from LALLA ROOKH to ROBERTS POINT on the 

 Pacific coast, by which he located BREAKFAST and MASSY CREEKS, 

 falling into the Pacific respectively in 13 58' and 13 55' S. lat. 

 He also traversed the coast-line from the mouth of the Stewart 

 River to the mouth of Massy Creek. On the latter creek, in 1885, 

 CHARLES MASSY, accompanied by two stockmen, was looking 

 for cattle in a scrub when he was ambushed by NATIVES and received 

 a SPEAR- WOUND in the body, of which he died in three days. 



From the mouth of Massy Creek, Mr. Embley continued his 

 traverse of the coast-line as far northward as CAPE SIDMOUTH, 

 halting to survey the lower reaches of the ROCKY RIVER and the 

 whole length of the CHESTER RIVER, which drain the ROCKY RIVER 

 GOLDFIELD and reach the Pacific in 13 47' and 13 42' S. lat. 

 respectively. Kennedy must have crossed these rivers, near their 

 mouths, in 1848. 



1 Not the " Station Creek " at Walwa referred to in the preceding chapter. 



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