CHAPTER LXXXVI 



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

 V. THE SOUTHERN GULF RIVERS 



ALICE, PALMER AND MITCHELL RIVERS. MAGNIFICENT CREEK LEAKS our OF AND 

 REJOINS MITCHELL RIVER. SCRUTTON RIVER. DUN BAR CREEK. LIGHT ON 

 LEICHHARDT'S AND JARDINE BROTHERS' ROUTES. MARKWELL'S SURVEY OF MITCHELL 

 ABOVE INFALL OF PALMER. MARAMIE CREEK LEAKS our OF MITCHELL AND JOINS 

 STATEN RIVER, DE FACTO. EMBLEY'S SURVEY OF MITCHELL RIVER TO ITS HEAD, 

 AND OF ITS TRIBUTARIES. LIGHT ON ROUTES OF KENNEDY, HANN AND MULLIGAN. 

 SURVEY OF STATEN RIVER, DE FACTO, AND RED RIVER (JARDINES' BYERLEY CREEK). 

 JOINS WITH " BEAGLE'S " SURVEYS. LIGHT ON ROUTES OF GREGORY, BURKE AND 

 WILLS, WALKER, McKiNLAY, LANDSBOROUGH AND MACDONALD. NICHOLSON 

 RIVER AND LAWN HILL CREEK. BEDFORD'S SURVEYS. FRANK HANN AND DIS- 

 COVERY OF SILVER AT LAWN HILL. TRANSCONTINENTAL RAILWAY EXPEDITION. 

 HENRY, MACPHAIL AND THE PIONEERS OF COPPER BELT BETWEEN LAWN HILL AND 

 MOUNT ELLIOTT. RAILWAY FROM TOWNSVILLE TO CLONCURRY, MOUNT ELLIOTT 

 AND MOUNT CUTHBERT. ITS APPROACHING EXTENSION TO A GULF PORT. 



THE MITCHELL RIVER AND ITS TRIBUTARIES 



ALICE RIVER (MAPS F AND H). Mr. Embley's survey 

 of the lower end of the Alice River, where it falls into 

 the Mitchell near Koolata Station, has already been 

 referred to. The river is known for 75 miles to the 

 south-west above its junction with the Mitchell, having beng 

 located at numerous points by Mr. Embley in 1886-7 m runnien 

 the boundaries of " Koolata," " Dunbar " and " Coota " pastoral 

 blocks. 



PALMER RIVER (MAP H). In 1883-4, Mr. Embley surveyed 

 the Palmer River, as it runs to WSW. for the last 64 miles of its 

 course and finally empties into the Mitchell River. In this section 

 of its course the Palmer forms the frontages of " Tharwa," 

 " Strathleven," " Meron Downs " and " Highbury " blocks. 



MITCHELL RIVER (MAPS F AND H). In 1886-7, Mr - Embley's 

 survey of the Mitchell River up to the infall of the Palmer showed 

 the leakage, from the southern or left side of the main channel, 

 of several smaller channels. Among these are MAGNIFICENT 

 CREEK, which rejoins the lower Mitchell after an independent course 

 of 68 miles and itself sends out a branch to the south which becomes 

 the SCRUTTON RIVER (so named by the JARDINE BROTHERS in 1864), 

 the Scrutton falling into the NASSAU RIVER, dt facto ; and DUNBAR 



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