Spinifex and Sand

by David Carnegie

Spinifex and Sand
A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Australia

by the Hon. David W. Carnegie (1871–1900)

David W. Carnegie

To my mother

• Introduction
• Part I: Early Days in Coolgardie
  • Chapter I: Early Days in the Colony
  • Chapter II: "Hard Up"
  • Chapter III: A Miner on Bayley's
• Part II: First Prospecting Expedition
  • Chapter I: The Rush to Kurnalpi — We Reach Queen Victoria Spring
  • Chapter II: In Unknown Country
  • Chapter III: From Mount Shenton to Mount Margaret
• Part III: Second Prospecting Expedition
  • Chapter I: The Joys of Portable Condensers
  • Chapter II: Granite Rocks, "Namma Holes" and "Soaks"
  • Chapter III: A Fresh Start
  • Chapter IV: A Camel Fight
  • Chapter V: Gold at Lake Darlot
  • Chapter VI: Alone in the Bush
  • Chapter VII: Sale of Mine
• Part IV: Mining
  • Chapter I: Quartz Reefing and Dry Blowing
• Part V: The Outward Journey
  • Chapter I: Previous Explorers in the Interior of Western Australia
  • Chapter II: Members and Equipment of Expedition
  • Chapter III: The Journey Begins
  • Chapter IV: We Enter the Desert
  • Chapter V: Water at Last
  • Chapter VI: Woodhouse Lagoon
  • Chapter VII: The Great Undulating Desert of Gravel
  • Chapter VIII: A Desert Tribe
  • Chapter IX: Dr. Leichardt's Lost Expedition
  • Chapter X: The Desert of Parallel Sand-ridges
  • Chapter XI: From Family Well to Helena Spring
  • Chapter XII: Helena Spring
  • Chapter XIII: From Helena Spring to the Southesk Tablelands
  • Chapter XIV: Death of Stansmore
  • Chapter XV: Well's Exploring Expedition
  • Chapter XVI: Kimberley
  • Chapter XVII: Aboriginals at Hall's Creek
  • Chapter XVIII: Preparations for the Return Journey
  • Appendix to Part V: Some Native Weapons and Ceremonial Implements
• Part VI: The Journey Home
  • Chapter I: Return Journey Begins
  • Chapter II: Sturt Creek and "Gregory's Salt Sea"
  • Chapter III: Our Camp on the "Salt Sea"
  • Chapter IV: Desert Once More
  • Chapter V: Stansmore Range to Lake Macdonald
  • Chapter VI: Lake Macdonald to the Deep Rock-Holes
  • Chapter VII: The Last of the Ridges of Drift Sand
  • Chapter VIII: Woodhouse Lagoon Revisited
  • Chapter IX: Across Lake Wells to Lake Darlot
  • Chapter X: The End of the Expedition
• Appendix