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| Title : | Aboriginal names or European? |
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| Creator : | Basedow, Herbert, 1881-1933 | ||
| Source : | Notes to accompany the "Map of the MacKay Exploring Expedition in Central Australia, 1926", p. 4 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | Adelaide | ||
| Publisher : | Register Newspapers | ||
| Date of creation : | 1928 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Mackay, Donald, 1870-1958 | ||
| Format : | Pamphlet | ||
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| Description : |
Basedow continues his description of the geology of parts of central Australia. In the Petermann Ranges, the MacKay expedition found traces of FR George's expedition at the top of a hill named Mount McCulloch by Ernest Giles, Mount Phillips by FR George and Nangorru by the local Aboriginal people. Today it is officially known as Mount McCulloch. On the peak were the remains of a cairn erected by the George expedition. MacKay and Basedow began their return journey and found that recent rain had improved the grasses and other vegetation. Frank Rees George had led a South Australian Government prospecting expedition in 1905-06 to examine the south west and west of the Northern Territory. They were to explore the Petermann Ranges and then travel via the Treuer Range to the Tanami. On 5 December their camp was attacked by a number of Aboriginal men: TW Hall was speared through the eye and H Fabian in the chest. Both men survived. However when the expedition returned to Alice Springs, the leader George died after a short illness. He was replaced by WR Murray and the expedition set out again. |
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| Related names : | Mackay, Donald, 1870-1958 Basedow, Herbert, 1881-1933 George, Frank Rees, 1876-1906 |
| Coverage year : | 1926 |
| Place : | Mt McCulloch (NT) |
| Further reading : | Discoveries by Makay [sic] Exploring Expedition, 1926 H. Basedow in [Collected pamphlets on Anthropology]: Vol. 14 Clune, Frank, Last of the Australian explorers: the story of Donald Mackay Sydney: Angus & Robertson, 1942 Basedow, Herbert, Knights of the boomerang: episodes from a life spent among the native tribes of Australia Sydney: Endeavour Press, 1935 (Sydney: Bulletin Newspaper) George, F. R. Journal (with plans) of the Government prospecting expedition to the South-Western portions of the Northern Territory South Australian Parliamentary Paper no. 50, 1907 |
| Internet links : | Dictionary of Australian biography: see Basedow, Herbert |
| Exhibitions and events : | State Library of South Australia: Mortlock Wing. Taking it to the edge August 2004- |
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