CHAPTER LV
WILLIAM HANN'S EXPEDITION, continued
PALMER RIVER TO PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BAY
CAMP 21. KING RIVER. CAMP 22. GULF-PACIFIC WATERSHED. CAMP 23. MOREHEAD RIVER. JESSIE'S TABLELAND. CAMP 24. AGAIN ON THE WATERSHED. HORIZONTAL SANDSTONES. CAMPS 25 AND 26. COLEMAN RIVER. TEATREE CREEK. OLD KALKAH STATION. MICA-SCHIST HILL. UP COLEMAN RIVER. NATIVES. CAMP 27. WATERS FLOWING NORTH. HEADS OF JARDINE'S HOLROYD RIVER. TRACKS OF JARDINE'S LOST CATTLE. NATIVES. CAMP 28. INTO HAMILTON GOLDFIELD. OTHER HEADS OF HOLROYD RIVER. CAMP 29. HOLROYD RlVER ALSO NAMED THE LuKIN. MOUNT NEWBERY. UNSUCCESSFUL HuNT FOR BEEF. YARRADEN. VIOLETVILLE. RYAN CREEK. EBAGOOLAH TOWNSHIP. TELEPHONE LINE. ACROSS GULF-PACIFIC WATERSHED AND OUT OF HAMILTON GOLDFIELD. REACH STEWART RIVER. CAMP 30. THE RIVER FOLLOWED DOWN
TO PRINCESS CHARLOTTE BAY. CAMPS 31 AND 32.(SEE MAP G.)
THE whole party left the depot on the PALMER (CAMP 20) on 21st August, 1872, and steered into the unknown on a course of 30 degrees to the west of north. The first day's stage, of 15 miles, ended at CAMP 21 on the right bank of a creek which was flowing to the north. The sandstone cliffs of the " CONGLOMERATE " RANGE lay on the right of the line of march, another range on the left being a detached fragment of the same. The head of what is now known as ANNIE CREEK was crossed a few miles south of Camp 21. Annie Creek flows W. by S. into the Palmer.
CAMP 22, of 22nd August, was 12 miles N. 30 W. of Camp 21, and on the same creek. This creek, which, at Camp 22, had " plenty of water," was probably a tributary of the MOREHEAD RIVER, which falls into Princess Charlotte Bay. (SEE MAP E.)
On 23?^ August, a stage of 16 miles was accomplished to N. 30 W. in heavy sandy country, the sand resulting from the decomposition of sandstone and conglomerate. About 7 miles of the day's march was on the divide between the Pacific and Gulf waters. CAMP 23 was on some small water-holes in a sandy flat, not far from the creek on which Camps 21 and 22 were situated. (SEE MAP F.)
On the same course, 15$ miles were traversed on 24th August,
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