- Bag. New Zealand Flax made by Native Women                             Mrs Weld 
- Tappa Cloth from Pitcairns Island
   and a letter from Rachael Evans
   daughter of Christian one of the
   Mutineers of the Bounty
- Girls Cloak or Cape

- Mans Waist belt when folded  
twice from New Hebrides                                                               Capt Roe
- Bag from New Hebrides                                                                   do
- Native Cloth. South Sea Islands
Siapo from the bark of the paper mulberry                                          do
Caleed Tappa in Tahiti
- Cannibal fork - Feejee Islands                                                           do
- Sewing Needle - "                                                                            do
- Sewing string      Siamese
- Woman's Girdle - New Hebrides
72 Case and sennit - Navigators Islands

Mantel piece Upper shelf   Malay Pova  by Capt Leake
                                      2                 shells
                                      2                   do
                  Louvr    Statue in clay of Hampden
                              2 Statuettes of clay by
                              2
                              2 Vases purchased by M. B. Smith F S.


Some contributions to the Museum by Capt. Roe.

1. Large snake- set up - Murray
2  Do -- skins, black - I
2 - Do -- do - Carpet _I       Sharke Bay
1 - Do -- do -- Golden I
1 Sea snake skin . Dampier Archip'o
10 Specimens woods - Camden Harb.
1 Throwing Board - Do
1 Knife - Do
2 Wallaby nets - Do
1 Shield - Charles Bay
Do - Champion Bay
Do - Murchison
Do - Eucla
1 Volcanic cinder - Do - Beach
2 head fishing spear - Nichol Bay
1 Fishing net - Gascoigne R.
2 Petrifactions - Rottnest, calcaieon
1 Do - Pr. Roy Hall siliciare
1 Club - Nichol Bay
1 Throwing stick - Camden Harbour
2 Big bones of the "Moa"
1 club - Nichol Bay
2 Pipeclay E? of Avon River Gum, 130 miles E? from York
Plumbago - Kendinup, Plantagenet
Kauri gum - New Zealand 
Metallic saw - do
2 Schiedam bottles - Old Dutch - 1629
Old Manuscript book
Latin bible - 1628
Ancient - Pottery, small bowls
Rice shells - W. Indies
Model of a lifeboat, incomplete
2 Miniature albums
2 Vegetable ivory - W. Indies
1 Miniature Testament, illustrated.

1 Turned box sandalwood from Bombay
1 Chinese small case
2 Water oepels - Feejee Ilds.
Specimen lead ore - Geraldine Mini
Cloth/ tappa/ P'sea Ilds
1 Man's waist belt - New Hebrides
1 Bag --- Do
1 Sewing  needle - FeeJee Islands
Old tooth of Sperm Whale -- do
2 teeth of Sperm Whale--do
3 stones for beating out tappa cloth - do
Adze -- Solomon Island
1 Girl's cloak - Navigator Island
1 Woman's girdle - New Hebrides
2 Fishing lines - Navigator Islands
Bamboo case for fish hooks - do
Cannibal fish - Feejee Islands
Model of an 8 fold purchase - (Geo. Roe)
Specimens turtle shell - Mikve Bay
Rope fibre - Warren River
Books of British Ferns - England
do - Seaweed - do
Siamese string
Miniature basket
do - book,Small rain
Cow care "Royal George"
Paper knife - do
Snuff box - "Hecla"
Large map of Australia
2 Gum - Newcastle, Wa.
1 Latin testament 1795
1 pr. leg bones of Emu
1 sea porcupine
1 black snake 4 ft. long, set up, Perth
2 specimenws fuges

5 Priming tubes for Armstrong Jones -
2 Snider rifle cartridges -
2 round clay nests, underground
2 eggs of Black Cockatoo
1 egg of wild turkey
2 eggs of light brown Hawk, Boongara
2 Spiders' nests, clay, lids underground
Gum from Zamia leaves
3 large boar's tusks
8 Medallions of Roman emperors
Gun from Murchison River
5 Spearheads from Sharke Bay
2 Spearheads - Nichol Bay
1 Dowak - Sharke Bay
Warren River pitch
Snake nut - British Guiana
Egyptian cotton grown at Fremantle
Old manuscript pocket book
String - Nichol Bay
Cork bark - Camden Hails.
Pandanus seed - do
Large round seed - do
Corals and sponges - do
Seed pods of cork tree - do
Specimen farm wood - Toodjay
Do Cyprefs - Garden Island
Shells from Sharke Bay
do and corals from Nichol Bay
Geological specimens
1 Native dog's skin, York Road
2 varieties of Birds' eggs
1 large crab, Nichol Bay
Preservations in Spirits
A pair of tortoises
Mother and 2 young spotted native cats
1 young shag, Perth Water, set up.
Collection of Coins & medals, gold, silver, copper, bronze.

5 glazed cases of insects
1 Piece petrified wood, ? Sandalwood
Botanical collection
Collection of birds , etc, etc, etc, in large cases
Threadwinder, relic of
Snuff box, relic of Hansel "Hecla".-----------
Rope & fibre of "pimelia clavata"
A fully rigged merchant ship
Sunday Books
Photograph of J. S. Roe, coloured & framed
"On Earth Peace - Goodwill towards Men"
1 Cow-eye Bean
2 teeth of sperm whale - South Sea
1 model of a quartz crusher
1 White Crane. set up.
1 tortoise (Set up).

Presentations to Perth Museum by Capt. J. S. Roe.






  

...

141. Letter to Museum Curator: 20 Jan. 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Onslow, leaving for Roebourne going up the Ashburton River, bought 2 horses, forwarded a case of specimens by S.S. Saladin.

142. Letter to Museum Curator: 22 Jan. 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Onslow, shipping company JC and Co charged a very hight freight from Fremantle, would send back 2 empty cans.

143. Letter to Museum Curator: 24 Feb. 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Red Hill, left 2 cases of specimens at McRae St on Ashburton to be forwarded to Onslow by the team, would send receipts from Fortescue, would try to get native weapons.

144. Letter to Museum Curator: 6 Mar. 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Roebourne, would enquire about Islands particulars by letter.

145. Letter to Museum Curator: 8 Mar. 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Roebourne, heard about Wallaby on Enderby, Rosemary Island and Depuch Island, got half-caste native to look after horses, asking to be sent a couple of tins of spirits to Port Hedland, bought mosquito net.

146. Letter to Museum Curator: 29 Mar. 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Marble Bar, had just arrived at Marble Bar, had a very rough road up from Roebourne.

147. Two telegraphs to Museum Curator: 29 & 30 Mar. 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Marble Bar, going to Nullagine -- Would join party, asked for arrangements.

148. Three telegraphs to Museum Curator: 2 & 4 Apr 1901, 3 p.
From John Tunney at Marble Bar, leaving for Coast and would sell trap and horses at Hedland --Asking for payment of 20 pounds -- Leaving for Nullagine.

149. Letter to Museum Curator: 5 Apr. 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Coongon Hotel Marble Bar Road, would try to get some emu, was disappointed at change of plan.

150. Letter to Museum Curator: 6 Apr. 1901, 4 p.
From John Tunney at Marble Bar, would leave for Condon to get to Bedout Island, got L. conspicillatus var Leichardti and P. lagotis from Nullagine, thought of getting some dugong from Cossack, had Honey Eaters and Amytis.

151. Letter to Museum Curator: 8 Apr. 1901, 3 p.
From John Tunney at Marble Bar, had a few more of E. carteri, a few specimens of a bird resembled the Cincloramphus, going back to Cossack and do the islands.

152. Letter to Museum Curator: 21 Apr. 1901, 5 p.
From John Tunney at Nullagine, had 3 specimens of malurus M. edwardi 2 males and 1 female, heard Bedout Island as great nesting place for sea birds, going to Condon, had heard that Dr. Hous was going out with Kimberley expeditions for the Committee, heard from the registrar Seiveking that F.R. Arthur died in 1897.

153. Telegraph to Museum Curator: 27 Apr. 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Nullagine, cheque returned incomplete.

154. Letter to Museum Curator: 28 Apr. 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Nullagine, leaving for Condon via Marble Bar, came on a mob about to perform circumcision and splitting operations.

155. Two telegraph to Museum Curator: 6 May 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Marble Bar, leaving for Condon -- Would get emu after return from Bedout.

156. Letter to Museum Curator: 10 May 1901, 3 p.
From John Tunney at Coongon Hotel, going to Condon and get to Bedout.

157. Telegraph to Museum Curator: 17 May 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Condon, leaving for Islands.

158. Letter to Museum Curator: 17 May 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Condon, sent 4 cases to Port Hedland, one of the cases containing ironstone nodules from the Hammersley Range.

159. Two telegraphs to Museum Curator: 3 & 5 Jun. 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Condon, going on Cossack -- Leaving for Hedland.

160. Letter to Museum Curator: 10 Jun. 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Port Hedland, on way to Cossack, got some very good specimens of F. ariel, might go to Roebourne instead of Port Hedland.

161. Letter to Woodward: 11 Jun. 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Port Hedland, would collect information regarding the aboriginals.

162. Telegraph to Museum Curator: 14 Jun. 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Cossack, leaving for Islands.

163. Letter to Museum Curator: 16 Jun. 1901, 3 p.
From John Tunney at Cossack, made arrangement with a coloured man to take him to the island in Dampier archipelago.

164. Letter to Museum Curator: 20 Jul. 1901, 4 p.
From John Tunney at Cossack, sending down 2 boxes of specimens by Bullara.

165. Two telegraphs to Museum Curator: 1 & 3 Aug. 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Port Hedland, going to Condon -- Would wait and see Capt. Hilliard.

166. Letter to Museum Curator: 5 Aug. 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Port Hedland, could not get any information about Alligator River.

167. Letter to Museum Curator: 12 Aug. 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Port Hedland, going to Condon and then the island.

168. Letter to Museum Curator: 19 Aug. 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Condon, hunt 3 days for horses, the Alligator River was only navigable for 35 miles but the Adelaide for 85.

169. Letter to Museum Curator: 27 Aug. 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Shaw River, met a teamster who spent some years in the Northern Territory.

170. Letter to Museum Curator: 14 Sep. 1901, 3 p.
From John Tunney at Port Hedland, going inland again to get young emu, would send rats from La Grange Bay and 2 M. woodwardi, would revisit the islands off Carnarvon.

171. Letter to Museum Curator: 14 Sep. 1901, 3 p.
From John Tunney at Port Hedland, would go to Port Darwin to buy a boat, had made arrangements to ship traps and 2 horses to Derby as cheaper option.

172. Letter to Museum Curator: 7 Oct. 1901, 1 p.
From John Tunney at Port Hedland, would get all particulars about route from Derby to Darwin.

173. Letter to Museum Curator: 14 Oct. 1901, 3 p.
From John Tunney at Derby, was advised to leave for Port Darwin after wet season.

174. Letter to Museum Curator: 26 Oct. 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Mt. Anderson, sending dimensions of the waggonette, would cross the Victoria and other rivers, getting M. antelopinus, would return to Derby with specimens.

175. Letter to Museum Director: 12 Dec. 1901, 4 p
From John Tunney at Derby, sending some specimens of Rock Wallabies from Mr. Wynne, a dozen of Antelopinus, would have a look at a country between Fitzroy and Beagle Way, sending a few aboriginal weapons, wanted to buy 3 horses to go over to Darwin with.

176. Letter to Museum Director: 13 Dec. 1901, 2 p.
From John Tunney at Derby, had a slight attack of fever, sending a skeleton of native and 1 skull....

Road comes round the corner of Lake Throssell, Bluff on the east side, about 8-10 ft till seems to be some sort of diatomaceous earth, no stratigraphy, no fossils.

no 13 signpost. Sandhills, lunch. Signpost. Many birds on left ? rockhole, Signpost. "freshwater limestone" outcropping in road. Flowers on roadside. Hunt Oil turnoff. Airstrip.

Sched very poor reception. Charlie calling us but in the end gave up "see you in the navy, see you in the morning..." Alex collected 2 Chalinolobus.

Breakaways - laterite : c. 10-15 ft in height., Rockhole away v. low (c.2-5 ft) breakaway on north of road - is this Gahnda ?  on wrong side of road. Drove in to see if there is another rockhole in the south - certainly not as far as can be seen from the road - as outcrops. Back at Rockhole for camp. Athol and Alex set nets over the rockhole - a deep permanent hole. Poor shelter in vicinity but Athol examined it and says no deposits - scoured out. Blackened roof.

Sked taken next day:
(1) 31st Outpost Flying Doctor Kalgoorlie. All well, Margaret.
(2) Bill Clewley arrived back in Kalgoorlie all well.
Reply: RIDE PHONE PERTH 862242 ALL WELL MOBILE AFTER RAIN INFORM TERRELL TELEGRAPHIC ADDRESS 8WHISKY NOVEMBER XRAY OUTPOST KALGOORLIE OTHERWISE DELAY MUCH LOVE DEE.

Athol caught a Chalinolobus gouldii female in net over water. [WR120] C. gouldii F. netted over water, night 1/2 Feb. A.M. Douglas, forearm 42.9 mm., fixed in formalin. Many budgerigars.

> 2nd Feb. 1967 (Thursday)
Sunrise earlier over here.  0700 Sched.

Left camp about 10.00 to try to get at the breakaway in the Rowe Hills south of Gahnda Rockhole. Creek crossing on main road, turned in across spinifex[?] bearing 128*, sighted drum on right c.100* al moistyated [?] find a seismic line on the same bearing and moved across into it, continued on it 2 m. to track junction turned to 47.30* for 2 m., then onto track bearing 126* which later tended northwards to 140* at 97.5 investigated[?] a low breakaway on northern side, signs of shales & sandstones at bottom, but extensively lateritized and the whole section aslituated[?] by it (about 10-12 ft.) dug a burrow under mulga roots - ? Dasyceras [?] but noone at home. Very poor animal country, rarely any scats in the breakaways - one that looks like a possum[?] scat.

Continued on bearing of 146* for 2.2 miles to due south bearing 165* across creek to crest where large breakaways in the vicinity of Sharpes Bluff visible to East. Turned a bearing of 94* for 2.2 miles to where we took 4 colour photos from west looking out on a bearing of 80 to Lake Baker. V. impressive 3 isolated mesas[?] on the left, a low one in the centre and a line of big breakaways on the right. Picked way down into the bottom where we stopped in Walga[?] at the foot of the Right Hand breakaway. Explored the breakaway & collected specimens. At the lower levels it seems to consist of shales & sandstones with sandstones but sandstones become increasingly common towards the top where the whole is capped by a hard silicious demicrust[?] about 12-15 ft thick.

About 8 ft below the demicrust bottom collected a wood cast (two pieces) and a  ? caprolite, also a number of other things not determinable without sectioning, also collected typical specimens of various kinds of sediments.[colour]. On way back tried a new route to see if we could find an ... way to give Alex practice in driving and navigation. Drove west and reached our 02.1 position with a speedo reading of .... then back along same track for 2 m. and then onto track bearing 45* very rough track which crosses the Rowe Hills from the bottom of the median watershed (NW-SE) to the upper watershed which comes down to Lake Baker from Gahnda Rockhole.Very difficult driving across the octont[?] ridges of the hills for 6 miles to where turned into a track bearing 295* to where track turned R. at T junction to approx 15* crossed creek & then headed N.W. starting mulga to find road where it crosses the line of latitude outcrop at Gahnda. Blew tyre with stake. Changed wheel after some confusion because could not find wheel brace at first. Drove on around edge of mulga for abt 1 mile. Back at camp, .... joined road about 2000* sw of rockhole.

> 3 Feb 1967 (Friday)
Athol got another bat Nyctophilus geoffroyi female in the net over the Gahnda Rock Hole [WR121] wt 6.5 g., ... fixed in formalin.

Sched. 0700 hrs
(a) Inter[?] station memo sent to 8Whisky Tango to tell them that fuel at depo[?] consists of diesel 25 gals, petrol 4 gals. For Kevin to take it over, I will write to him from Perth. (
b) Telegram recd. from Perth via U.J.Q. TEDFORD NOT GOING MEEKATHARRA STOP WILL BE IN PERTH UNTIL 10TH PERHAPS 11TH AND WOULD LIKE TO SEE YOU IF POSSIBLE STOP SIR THOMAS INFORMS YOU TIM HAS RESEARCH GRANT - TERRELL
(c) Telegram sent TERRELL CARE MUSEUM PERTH MOVING TODAY VIA WARBURTON MISSION STOP CONGRATULATE SIR THOMAS - RIDE
(d) telegram sent TERRELL CARE MUSEUM PERTH PLEASE CHECK MRS DOUGLAS HAS ADEQUATE FUNDS PRESCHOOL EXPENSES - DOUGLAS

Left Gahnda Rockhole for Sharpes Bluff, Turn off road on Hunt Oil Line 128* 3 miles, road ends at L junction bearing 47* 2 miles, turn into road bearing 126* becomes 146* 5 miles, bear north at corner 165*, 1.5 miles. Inerted white-tipped surveyors peg Turn off track on bearing 94* for 2-3 miles. Lip of valley between Sharpes Bluff breakaways and Lake Baker where photos taken yesterday. Walked down along vehicle tracks looking for Alex's exposure metre. No luck, collected some more fossils. A ? madible (broken into 4) and some plant-like structures. The latter is ..... in the very top surface of the breakaway, it is fairly clear that the fossils so far found in float are all from this top demicrusted sandstone. Across the valley it appears that this layer[?] has a large overburden on at least one mesa. Back at Rockhole after a look around for the meter - no luck. The trip back from the Sharpes Bluff took 55 mins. direct. Collected gecko under baggage. Left Gahnda Rockhole.

Low breakaways with laterized[?] shales, no good. Green Hillman abandoned on road, water in vehicle, suspect aboriginal party seen before, no number plates. Lunch at Sched.[C  ]. Very hot indeed water balance gone to hell. Could hardly hold lunch. Got in some salt and managed to keep it. Was silly and took off shirt earlier in the morning after carrying fossil from Sharpes bluff & lost much water.

Collected grasshoppers. Broad creek low trees. Broad creek low trees. broad road coming away to north. Crossed creek.

Native Welfare Notice edge of Reserve : Poor notice - "must not enter". Would be better to have printed "enter and report".

Blacks Lookout. Warburton Mission. Finished up with about 10 gals. in tanker.

Information for Dick Hawthorn at Warburton Mission. Hunt Oil had a camp at Alexander Springs, thinks there was a road through to the Gunbarrel Highway. RACWA map gives road ring south for 50 m. W. of Turnoff Gunbarrel Highway / Warburton-Giles Rd. We saw the bottom end of this 27 miles before Warbo. - (map gives it as 35).

Distance to Carnegie in RAC map 322 miles.
Call sign 8 ROMEO BRAVO. 5360.
Changed Sched 6.45 weekdays, 7.15 Saturday, 8.55 Sunday, Give positions

1300 hrs every day you are feeding on 6825 and transmitting on 5260. Alexander Springs 265255 Gowalys[?] sheet. Telephone nos. in case we need information re Hunt Oil turnoff to Alexander Springs.

Lord 865795, Geol. Survey 285061, WAPET 233941.

Dorothy Hawthorn got us a cup of tea. She is obviously overworked in the heat. So we went out and fueled up. Dick [Hawthorn] has a fossil Ostrea from somewhere around  - low not known, also our chalk balls should be looked at by someone.

Elder Creek is a glorious sight. Great trees all over the place reminds me of the Oakover in places. Country starts to improve as the Mission is approached[?] , v. great contrast to the country between it and Cosmo. Managed to take in all 44 gals. Dick lent us a 121/2 gal drum which we have just behind the Kaywoo[?] spread[?]. I estimate we are carrying approx. 50 gals plus. Left mission, camped in mulga.

> 4 Feb. 1967 (Saturday)
A strong wind from the east, going to be hot. Sched: Heard 8ROMEO BRAVO tell Charlie that he had annoyed a private Sched, Charlie paid compliment saying that he knew me and had no worries.
Sent telegram : USQ TIM MEAGHER PERTH TELEPHONE 611122 DELIGHTED YOUR NEWS ANTICIPATE SUCCESS RIDE.
Packed up and got away at 09.30. Stopped and took photos of .....[?] [C3328/9] Sandhill country with triodia, mallee, mulga, bluebush, al grevillea & callitris. Michael White v. pleased to have a new sp. of morabine[?] on the grevillea, took photos[C3330-35].

Turnoff along Gunbarrel Highway, signpost Carnegie 282 m., Warburton 40, Giles 175, (Kulgera 580). Surveyed Astrofix S 25* 42'27" E.126"39'47

L. Beadell 16/8/1958 [C3335-6]. Recoalmed[?] the post, new kodachrome in camera, 34.-[C3401] View down Gunbarrel towards Carnegie: Travertine outcrops in the road but no exposures anywhere else, spec. collected. Todd Range : a line of laterite breakaways, good morabines collected but no fossils. Lay road extending North to the horizon [C3402] photo taken eastwards along highway, investigated road to south, it gave up at back of highway. A hundred yards further on find a small  metal tag Rockhole 100*. These proved to be 3 excellent rockholes( (?) on the surface of an exposed outcrop. Collected fora from them, no tortoises Preserved in formalin [C2403,4]. Cairn on Mt. Samuel, a wonderful view across to the south, can see Sutherland Range on the horizon. A road moves around the base of Mt. Sutherland and goes south at a bearing of 185*S. A road turning off at 178*, turned down it and camped at 2841.3 Ref. south of neck 388798. A hot night, v. windy with strong winds with variable directions., Kept me awake.

> 5 Feb (Sunday)
Calculated petrol consumption on the following basis: Consumption up to Minnie Creek, 445.5 m. + 1 jerrycan. Consumption Minnie Creek to Warbo 386.5 m. + 2 jerrycans excluding the move quantities the mpg works out to 13 and 12.5 mpg. Distance from turnoff to Carnegie Homestead = 211.2 miles and on a basis of 13mpg with spare can = 16.6 gals in 4 cans + 1 reserve. At present we have 6 jerrycans + 1/2 tank +12 gals. ie we have approx 20 gals to play with ie 260 miles. Decided that it is unlikely that the Hunt Oil people would have gone west from the road through the breakaway country between it and Alexander Springs and that seems more likely to have cut SW from Mt. Beadell and Decter Airfield.

Listened to Western Australian ABC news /"Third Network" excellent reception. Sched to 8ROMEO BRAVO nothing for VJQ, reception v. poor to JJQ no RV with Athol who was filling water canteens at Mt Samuel rockholes. Camels[?] in chain of lakes crossing the road, suspect that this is the system which flows SW past Sutherland Ra. ie Lake Breeden, Royd Lagoon, Lake Gillen [C3405-10].

Just out of lake system travertine exposed in road, collected specs. , a brown conglomerate exposed in road, collected specs., Quartzite exposed in road, collected specs. Alex collected 2 Amphibolus, sandhills. Sandhill country E of Thryptomene Hill, caught morabines. Survey post concrete [?] with bronze plug. Surveys ^ . Track leading off in about 110* into sandhills.

Notabilis Hill, NH. F. 19. Y junction with left fork being 220*, took left fork. Rt fork appears to be the Gunbarrel. Helicopter pad wuth three roads coming out of it: 1. 336* 2. 218* 3. Approx. 100*. Turns to 267* for 6 miles, [small turnoff to south did not take], Breakaways to north, turn to 238* for 3 miles, turns south 179* for 11 miles to crossroads  where we turned right at 278* (We investigated construction but this became a mere surveyors line so we returned to the crossroads at) drove along road for 10 miles which started at 278* and became 265* (for purposes of plotting, I assumed that 5 miles was done at 278* and 5 at 265*). We refuelled the Land Rover so that we now had a completely full vehicle with a potential of some 420-450 miles. Crossroads at 350*, straight over. Flooded creekflats incredible number of frogs & tadpoles. Collected and took photos of Michael & Alex fishing[C3412-15], [B&W 1-3]. New road to left (crossroads) at 195*. This should take us straight to Sutherland Ra. which is now approx 15 m. to the south of us. Ran along flooded creek flats with travertine exposed in road to a valley with a flood across the road. Frogs calling, tracks everywhere. Dog, fox, large macropod, v. small macropod (on its own), probable bandicoot and numerous other tracks. Some rain on the way in and heavy showers from lunchtime onwards. Dodged around the floods but diesel could not get across the first big dune decided to camp for night on top of dune to south of flooded flats.

Miles travelled since morning = 183.5 m. Miles travelled on Gunbarrel 50.5 distance for Gunbarrel turnoff to Carnegie = 177.2 m. ... to Warbo = 127.8 but distance given on signpost of 282m. distance to Carnegie Homestead =197.3 m. Must send telegrams tomorrow:

To 8 ROMEO BRAVO. POSITION APPROX 18 MILES FROM ALEXANDER SPRINGS WILL MOVE BACK TO GUNBARREL AND ON TO CARNEGIE TODAY. TERRELL CARE MUSEUM PERTH> LEAVING VICINITY ALEXANDER SPRINGS FOR CARNEGIE TODAY RIDE.

KEY CORSEARCH CANBERRA  VICINITY ALEXANDER SPRINGS TODAY STOP ARRIVING MELBOURNE FEBRUARY 17 WITH MANY LIVING MORABINES HOPE YOU CAN VISIT MELBOURNE SOON AFTER TO INSPECT THEM - MICHAEL WHITE

> 6th Feb Monday
Decide to christen this place Athol's Lagoon. BROOME SHEET. Photo of  camp[C3416-20] collected male Amphibolus in good breeding condition. Packed up and got through on Sched. Sent all telegrams and asked Charlie if we had any news of a road out of Alexander Spring to the N.W. He agreed to ring Geol. Survey to ask them & we arranged a Sched at 0930 on 6825 kc. Alex checked the frogs collected yesterday all O K. Athol & Michael to stay put - we will try to reach Sutherland Range. Left camp at 0850 hrs. [Sandhill] country, fine rock exposed - [pitches] for the last couple of miles [C3421]. Sched 0930 hrs. Got through v. well. The telephone number Dick gave me for Geol. Survey was wrong so  had to stand by while checked new number. Drove on down track to 35.2 and turned right at crossroads as bearing 267* to 36.2 where we were on top of the range. Range here seems to consist of quartzite and sandstone[?] with sidiulls[?] right up in the depression. Probably O.K. if we could get to the southern side but this would take days. Charlie came up on Sched and said no roads to the S.W. all to the N.E. Hut Oil says previously 1-2 m. in W. of Alexander Spring ad 30 m N.Graded road to N.E. in 1964. Sutherland Range turned back [C3422,3,4], collected green [?] at 12.00 hrs.

Back at camp at Athol's Lagoon, packed up and crossed lagoon to join others. 13.50 left lagoon, 15.50 at Gunbarrel Hwy. Route out perfectly clear and easy in our tracks. V. hot and tired day. Cloud building.

Tadpoles (but later evidently destroyed). Mt. Beadell, sediments, the top part seems to be something like spangolite collected greens. n the top there seems to be a conglomerate but I expect that this an old B[?]horizon and chemically fired. Saw euro - shot and seemingly[?] wounded but got up and away in mulga. Saw mice crossing road. Stopped and camped. This place is a spinifex plain with a very few stunted bushes & dead workwoods[?]. Surveyors peg (cement with bronze), Northern Territory Surveys.

Alex had a field day : collected Pseudochis when he was walking around, then shot Notomys alexis f., then ran one down alive I was too tired to take any effective part in the proceedings beyond helping Athol set traps.Notomys alexis f. [WR122] collected A. Baynes shot in spinifex plain 5 m. NW of Mt. Beadell, preserved in formalin. Notomys aexis [WR163] kept alive will try to send down to Perth. Photo taken of locality[C3425, 26] all with shotgun cant in. Telegrams for Sched next day:

1. WHITE>PHONE 859033 MELBOURNE. BETWEEN WARBURTON MISSION AND CARNEGIE STOP CONFIRM RETURNING FEBRUARY 17 LOVE MICHAEL.
2. DOUGLAS  PHONE 491175 PERTH -ARRIVING HOME LATE SUNDAY EARLY MONDAY LOVE ATHOL
3. PETER RIDE PHONE 862242 PERTH HAPPY BIRTHDAY STOP WE WILL HAVE PARTY WHEN I GET BACK LOVE DAD.

> 7 Feb. 1967 (Tuesday)
10.30 hrs left camp after preping all specs taken previous night. Very sticky but strong wind and low clouds - showers of rain. Large main road joins from East. Mt. Everard & Mt.Gordon. Athol had climbed to top of Mt E - he got there first & waited for us. Structure same as Mt Beadell. Airstrip at 62.8. Surveyors trig where road turns SW. NM/F/23. Became deeply bogged with diesel, petrol got across we then soybombed[?] the diesel out. Mungilli Claypan filled with water [C3427,8,9] also examined exposures to south of road[C3430] tracks of camels[?]. The problem of these small exposures is a difficult one. All the way from Mt. Beadell, whever they occur i.e. Mt. Everard, and small breakaways to Mt. William Lambert they have each one exposure i.e. a very light "spangolite"-like material capped by what is probably the same thing but much more silicious. Camped in sandhills with threatening clouds and strong wind. Drizzle during the early part of the evening. Tried burning spinifex and walking around but no tracks or anything in the spinifex. Alex took bearing back up hill aong track of road which winds[?] slightly 33*.

> 8 Feb. 1967 (Wednesday)
Up at 4.45 Decided to get on immediately in the hope of getting to Carnegie before the rain makes it impossible. Stopped for Sched and breakfast. Not in traffic list but sent telegram:
TERRELL CARR MUSEUM PERTH -M POSITION 35MILES EAST CARNEGIE HOMESTEAD STOP HOPE REACH VICINITY WILUNA TONIGHT - RIDE
Drew up route in the Sutherland Range for the map board. [Sketch]

Windmill on left, first cattle., gate, Carnegie Homestead, Gordo & Mrs Brown, left in charge while Linke's on holiday. Found petrol and diesel and fuelled up approx 20-22 gals into each vehicle. Browns gave us v. good steak. Lake. Rounded hill of exposures with siltstones & clays with intrusted[?] tips which have eroded off to form heaps of shale like material. No fossils seen. Collected from Hill north of lake about 180* n. of road from horizon[?] half way up.[C3431] [sketch] Exposures in bed of creek s. of road [Sketch]. Chased red kangaroos for Alex to photograph. Stopped for Sched to VSQ, not in traffic list. Turned over to 4010 to listen to the Meeka traffic list. Meanwhile Michael caught one of the species of morabine which he had come to the West for. Got through to VVS at around then ("Thelma") but I could be listening to the traffic list 7am & 400[?] pw daily. Fence line with gate. Creek crossing.

Wongawoll Homestead - noone at home. Back at homestead after .... track. Small concrete survey post. Gate in fence line : two gates took right. Left road to chase kangaroo. Small concrete survey post. Stopped to brew up on flat N. of well marked creek with large eucalypts. Alex went off with gun to see if he could get a couple of ducks. Got out wireless aerial to see if possible to get weather forecast, v. threatening getting dark early.

Athol and Michael arrived in yellow peril. They must have moved. Amazing incident with an aerosol container with insect repellent. Went off in dark and sprayed Athol's face. Decided to go on because of threat of rain and creek to cross. No sign of Alex. Ultimately after tooting and lights he turned up. The creek is Wongawol Creek at Kepeltin Spring. Creek impossible at road but found way across in the dark to the E of road. Yard across the creek, found road after casting around in the dark and rain. Turn off ? Windidda. Turn off.  Found reasonable camp in mulga. V. tired, brewed up and got to bed with as little delay as possible. Alex had to be awakened to have his meal. Even Athol is tired. Rain stopped. Steak for tea v. good.

> 9 Feb. 1967 (Thursday)
Camp in mulga, left 08.30. Sched but no good. Reception excellent on 4010 band but VK3 could not hear. will try later. Telegrams :

TERRELL CARE MUSEUM PERTH.ARRANGE HELEN COLLECT NOTOMYS SENDING FROM MEEKATHARRA TODAY AIR. RIDE.

FRY PHONE 746415 PERTH SENDING NOTOMYS POSSIBLY ALEXIS AIR MEEKATHARRA TODAY CONTACT HELEN. DAVID

Michael & Athol left during Sched to get on with collecting.VKJ procedure not easy to break into.She calls all the stations in turn whether they have traffic or not. Caught up with "yellow peril"and swapped passengers so that I could have a talk with Mildred.

Stopped on road and collected 2 spp of morabines - 1 a new species with a bifid sub-anal plate and the other one of the Virgo sp. group. This is probably the :Meeka - species". Got through on Sched and passed telegrams at 11.30. Meekatharra. Had lunch and refuelled the vehicles. Alex & Athol got the Notomys off to Helen by air. Paid for lunch $2. Alex & self left Michael and Athol in Meeka to get off the morabines and we pressed on to Magnet and Yalgoo. Telephoned Margaret & told her to expect us night of 10th between 5.30 & 6.30. Tried to get through to Broads at Mellenbye - no answer. Amphibolurus barbatus on road. Alex collected. Cue. Lake Austin full of water, ripples of wind, a nice sight, road open but only just.

Mt Magnet. Filled up. Telephoned Mellenbye, roads not home : in Perth for fortnight. Had meal. Decided to drive on to Barnong in the dark to look at the exposures. Bought fruit. Yalgoo in dark. Barnong Stn. turned off dam fence line to Mooloo well. Shot 2 rabbits, spotlight, Alex with gun seated on spare wheel. Bedded down in usual campsite. Mosquitoes very bad. Sound of a little waterfall - unusual !

> 10th Feb. 1967 Friday
Examined exposures, v. interesting, a high floodline up to the very top of the bank - well marked line of refuse[?] along the sandy sloping bank on the W. side of the Ederga. All exposures swept clean & v. easy to examine. Walked down from there[?] to Crocodile side of the greenstone bars to the fenceline where it crosses the creek. River flowing quite strongly. About 4-6" deep over the sandbanks, about as silt as the sea. Atherines of various sizes swimming. Lots of signs of Varanus and Amphibolurus swimming around. The exposures downstream are v. interesting. I get the impression that the whole is much more complex than we originally thought. There seems to be a very old conglomerate overlying the greenstone and, moreover, there also seems to be a sedimentation level above the present B horizon. Does this mean that the B horizon is an early soil which has since been planed off and then added to ? [sketch]. Stopped to refuel. Perenjori, lunch. 61 mile peg south of Bindoon, many termite mounds 1/2 mile N. of tins[?]. 18.15 hrs. HOME.
 
List of people : Cosmo Newberry - Claude Cotterill
Warburton Mission - Sam Mollenhauer
Secretary UAM Perth K. R. Morgan
Margaret Daleman owner and administrator Windidda, Carnegie & Wongawol
Mr. D. Keer, manager Windidda Stn
Mr W A Brosnan, Manager Wangawol Stn.
Mr. R. Linke Manager Carnegie Stn.
Mr. A. John Carlisle - Meteorite collector
Bill Clewley, Kalgoorlie School of Mines, 79 Ward St.
Hodson, T.
Ross Ryan 162 Boulder Rd.
Tony Davis Warburton Ra. Mission
Dick Hawthorn Warburton Mission
Mick Sawyer Warburton Mission
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