:relic of eably Australian exploration.— samlyn-sarris. 
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ship “ Victoria,” who came from Melbourne in 1861 to meet the overland 
exploring party led by Burke and Wills. Our Queensland river is named after 
Captain Norman. In addition to these marks it was reported by Captain Jones 
in August, 1887, that the following names and dates were distinctly legible : — 
THE EXPEDITION 1861. 
KARL TEATS 1856. 
L.H.S. 1861. 
W. SOLBY. 
D. CLOUSTON 1866. 
A. AUSTIN 1861. 
NAE. NOV. 20th 1856. 
W. J. HAY. 
W. C. A. MILES. 
W. S. HOWELL. 
A.H.T. 1866. 
J. MARTIN 1861. 
W. LANDSBOROUGH 1866. 
The majority of these are now, in 1914, no longer visible. The tree was 
blown down in 1887 after a heavy gale, and soon after procured by Captain 
Jones for the Qiieensland Museum. Captain W. C. Thomson obtained the upper 
portion of this same historic relic from Pilot Jones (in the same year), and this 
is now in his private collection in Brisbane. 
