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that the work was incomplete without a review of the work of 

 previous explorers by land. Next it seemed that the story should 

 be continued and that the history of the region should be followed 

 down to the present time. It had already become evident that 

 the progress of land exploration was intimately connected with 

 maritime discoveries reaching back to the three-centuries-old dawn 

 of authentic history ; and these also had to be brought under 

 review. While I was engaged on this task I was in almost constant 

 correspondence with Dick, who responded with ready courtesy 

 to my demands on his time, and who, out of his intimate knowledge 

 of actors and details, solved many of my difficulties. I first met 

 him in Cooktown in 1879, when I was struck by his public spirit 

 and insight. The only other opportunity of personal contact 

 with him which I enjoyed was when I spent a week in his company 

 on "The Conglomerate" (Palmer Goldfield) in 1896. He died 

 in May, 1916. The portrait herewith dates, I believe, from 1910. 



APPENDIX 

 LIST (INCOMPLETE) OF PUBLICATIONS BY JAMES DICK 



" Prospecting in the Cape York Peninsula : Tour of Mi. Dickie and Party," by 

 James Dick (dated Cooktown, I2th November, 1910). Queensland Government Mining 

 Journal, i$th December, 1910, p. 600. 



" From the Mein Telegraph Station NE. to Lloyd's Bay and up the Lockhart 

 River to its Head," by James Dick (read jist May, 1911). Queensland Geographical 

 Journal, New Series, 1910-12, p. 38. 



Mineral Resources of the Cook District : A Retrospect." Port Douglas, Record 

 Printing Co., 1910. 



" Mining in the Peninsula," article in Cairns Post, 2yd August, 1911. 



" The Cape York Peninsula : Its Resources and Possibilities." Cairns Post, 23rd 

 August, 1911, et seq. 



" Early Reminiscences." Port Douglas Record, 1913. 



The Great White Line (a Plea for a Railway following the Cape Tork Telegraph 

 Line}. Port Douglas, Record Office, 1913 (dated October, 1912). 



" Explorers, Pioneers and Prospectors through the Cape York Peninsula." Port 

 Douglas Record, 2nd September, 1913. 



" Out in the Jack Country " [Queensland 4-mile Map, Sheet 2oA]. Port Douglas 

 Record, 2lst October, 1913. 



A Geological and Prospecting Expedition which fitted up many Blank Spaces on the Map. 

 Mr. R. L. Jack, Geologist, and Mr. J. Crosbie, Leader Prospector. Port Douglas, 

 Record Office, 1913. 



