Journey Across the Western Interior of Australia by Peter Egerton Warburton with an Introduction and Additions by Charles H Eden and edited by H W Bates

WEST AUSTRALIANA Aboriginal

ix, 307 p., 9 leaves of plates : ill., port., 1 folded map ; 22 cm. Facsim. reprint. First published: London : Sampson Low, Marston, Low & Searle, 1875. Ferguson no. 18187. #100523

p. 186 meeting with six Aborigines at Warburton’s camp; theft of axe; p. 206 capture of Aboriginal woman in Sturt Creek/ Mount Wilson region for the purpose of finding water sources; escape of prisoner by gnawing through rope; p. 207 capture of an elderly Aboriginal woman; this woman tricks explorers by leading them over sand-hills instead of to waterholes; p. 232 encounter with Aborigines armed with spears; water obtained from their camp; Aboriginal men examine explorers beards; p. 233 Bartering with Aborigines for a wallaby; p. 249-251 Aboriginal companion Charley leads party to Aboriginal water source; bartering for wallaby; p. 252 Aborigines in Oakover River region’s use of large shell as drinking vessel; knowledge of catttle; p. 260 : Spearing of Aboriginal companion Charley after he leads party to Aboriginal camp for water.

Colonel Peter Egerton-Warburton CMG FRGS (1813 – 1889), often referred to as Major Warburton, was a British military officer, Commissioner of Police for South Australia, and an Australian explorer.In 1872 he sealed his legacy through a particularly epic expedition from Adelaide crossing the arid centre of Australia to the coast of Western Australia via Alice Springs.

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