Index

Aboriginal wells in the Simpson Desert, 132

Adavale, 64, 70, 72, 76–82

Amby, 60

Anderson and Gates, 118, 121, 123, 128, 140

Approdinna Attora Knolls, 128

Arklow Station, 53

Aronui feedlot, 21, 22, 38–40

Australian Broadcasting Commission, 41, 118, 160

Australian National University, 11

Beadell, Len, 188, 190

Bedourie, 14

Belele Station, 206

Big Red (Nappanerica), 111–15, 118, 124

Birdsville, 40, 68, 85, 87, 90, 92, 97, 99, 105, 106, 107–11, 119, 121, 123, 124

Blythdale, 57

Boles, Walter, 92

Brigalow, 43–44

Brisbane, 32, 36, 50, 62, 71, 107, 150, 160

Brook, David, 112

Brunswick Heads, 26, 30

Brunswick Hotel, 27, 28

Bulloo River, 78

Burke, Robert O’Hara, and Wills, William, 108–11

Burton, Sir Richard, 4, 9, 222

Bushman’s Templars, 52

Byron Bay, 8, 9, 22, 24, 25, 26, 29, 31, 41, 48, 59, 78

Camel Destruction Act 1925, 151

Camels

Cable Beach, 221

Catching, 12

History in Australia, 115–16, 151

Horses’ fear of camels, 49, 56

Nose pegging, 11

Training, including water consumption, 14, 92

Cane toad, 47

Canterbury, 95–96

Carnegie Station, 187, 192, 194–96, 198, 200, 205

Carnegie, David, 195–96

Carrarang Station, 215–16

Chalet Motel, 27

Charleville, 42, 64, 68–74, 77–79, 215

Charlotte Waters, 148, 150

Charlton, 37

Chinchilla, 44–46

Clapin, Phil, 157–59

Cobb & Co., 55, 66, 71, 76, 79, 82, 103

Cocker, Mark, 8

Colson Track, 134

Colson, T., and Ains, P., 112–13

Combidiban Creek, 54–55

Cook, James, 24

Cooper Creek, 86–87, 109–10

Corones Hotel, 70–71

Creevey, Ronnie, 59–60

Cunningham, Allan, 20–21, 36, 38

Curtin Springs, 162, 163, 164, 166, 169, 172, 181

Dajarra, 12–14

Dalby, 20, 21, 22, 23, 38, 39, 41, 42

Dalhousie Springs, 111, 118, 121, 141–45

Darling Downs, 20, 36, 38, 46, 68, 96

Davidson, Robyn, 58–59, 158, 173

Deadman Bridge, 86–87

Dickenson, Paul and Pam, 211, 217

Djibouti, 7, 105

Docker River, 161, 167, 168, 169, 174, 176–77

Dreamtime, 155, 173, 176

Drillham, 51, 52

Dulacca, 52–54

Dulbydilla, 66

Durack, 84

Ethiopia, 7–8,

Eyre Creek, 112, 114, 118, 119, 121, 123, 152

Finke, 113, 129, 148, 159

Forest Hill, 35

Forrest, John, 211

Fred Hollows Foundation, 10, 17

French Foreign Legion, 8, 9, 10, 11, 27, 32, 41, 48, 50, 81, 89, 93, 94, 116, 124, 159, 166, 176, 190

French Line, 100, 123, 126, 129–30, 134, 137, 139

Friends of the Simpson Desert, 141

Gary Highway, 191

Gatton, 35

Geiger, Merv, 89, 91, 95

Geoff, Rhyna and Sam, 72, 76–79

Ghan railway, 151, 153

Gibbo, Mary-Anne, Meg and Drew, 21–22, 39, 60

Gibson Desert, 8, 143, 187–94, 203

Gibson, Alfred, 178–79

Glengarry Stables, 47

Glenormiston Station, 14

Gobbert Siding, 64–65

Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von, 18

Goondiwindi, 20

Graham, Dave, 101–3

Grandchester, 33

Grantham, 35

Great Artesian Basin, 34, 35, 62, 144

Great Dividing Range, 8, 20

Green, Jim, 13–14

Greenbank Military Training Area, 31

Grey Range, 80–82

Gunbarrel Highway, 182, 187–94

Hamelin Station, 211, 213–14

Hastings Point, 29

Heather Highway, 188

Helidon, 35

Horrocks, J., 115–16

Ipswich, 32

Jack in the Rocks Hotel, 81–82

Jackson, 54

Jimmy, 143, 172–74, 185

Jondaryan, 37

Kata Tjuta, 161, 164, 166, 168, 169, 170

Kenji, 132–33

Kennedy, Edmund, 71

Kingscliff, 29–30

Kirstenfelder, Selwyn, 111–12

Kulgera, 156–59

Laidley, 33–34

Lambert’s midway point, 154

Langlo Crossing, 74, 78, 87

Lasseter, Harold, 175–76

Lasseter’s cave, 174–75

Lawrence, T.E., 7, 9, 85

Lin Wah Chinese restaurant, 50

Lindsay, David, 128–29

Macalister, 39, 41

MacDonald, Alan, 70

Madigan, Cecil, 108

Maillart, Ella, 213

Manefield and Tinson, Camels, 92

Maranoa River, 57, 61

McHugh, Paddy, 12–14

McNicoll, Lee, Megan, Douglas, Kate and Rebecca, 52–53

Meekatharra, 204–6, 210

Men’s Business, 162, 173, 180, 181

Miles, 47, 49–50

Mileura Station, 206, 207–10

Millar, Tony and Lorraine, Eadie and Winnie, 216

Mitchell, 60–62, 64, 66

Mitchell, Sir Thomas, 57, 61

Moore, Richard, Liz, Julie and Rosemary, 73–74

Moorhouse, Geoffrey, 81

Morney Plains, 96–101

Morven, 66–67

Mount Conner, 145, 160, 161–64

Mount Dare Station, 147

Mount Warning, 22, 28

Muckadilla, 60

Mulga Park Station, 159, 160–62

Mungallala, 64, 66

Munkilli Claypan, 193

Murchison River, 210–11

Nicol, Shane and Alissa, 160–62

Notabilis Hill, 190

Oakey, 37

Ocean Shores, 28

Orana Bridge, 28

Paroo River, 57

Paterson, Banjo, 39, 53, 86, 87

Petermann Range, 170, 177

Petermann, Sir Augustus, 170

Poeppel Corner, 113, 116, 118, 119, 122, 124–28, 140

Point of Aries, 81

Purnie Bore, 113, 124, 132, 138–41

QAA Line, 116, 123

Quilpie, 51, 64, 78, 79, 83, 85

Rabbits, fence, plague, 46, 47, 52, 122, 134

Rae, Colin, Annie and Colleen, 82–84

Rambrae, 47

Remienko, Simon, 102–3

Rosewood, 33

Royal Flying Doctor Service, 71

School of Distance Education, 71

Schwerin Mural Crescent, 177, 178

Scott, Bruce, Maureen and Carly, 85–86

Scott, Sir Robert Falcon, 8

Service, Robert, 70

Severin, Peter and Ash, 164–66

Shark Bay, 217–18

Simpson Desert, 8, 9, 12, 14, 23, 79, 81, 87, 100, 105, 107–42, 152, 158, 172, 196, 203

Simpson, Ian and Marilyn, 89–90

Smail, Nick, 164–69

Smith, Dick, 16–17

Smith, Ian and Faye, 195–96, 199

Smith, Sir Ross and Sir Keith, 70

Snell, Spencer and Gloria, 197–98, 207

Spinifex, 85, 120, 167, 182, 185, 191–92, 196

Sprigg, Dr Reg, 124

Steep Point, 8, 9, 24, 143, 144, 179, 206, 211, 215–20

Stow, Randolph, 219

Stuart, John McDouall, 9, 152, 156

Sturt, Charles, 9, 86, 107, 108, 114, 118, 119, 152, 161

Surfers Paradise, 29, 30

Swag design, 75

Swindells, Mark, 166, 181

Tamala Station, 215

Thesiger, Wilfred, 9

Thompson, John, 130

Thryptomene Hill, 188

Todd Ranges, 187

Toowoomba, 36

Toowoomba Chronicle, 58

Ulandilla, 64

Uluru, 8, 9, 160–61, 164–72, 175–76

Uncle Tom’s Pie Shop, 25–26, 29

Useless Loop, 211, 214–16

Wake, Paul and Mary, Thomas and Christopher, 213–15

Walloon, 32, 33

Wallumbilla, 54, 56

Walsh, Patrick, 207–9

Warakurna, 158, 170, 179–82

Warburton, 144, 158, 167, 179, 180, 182, 183–86, 187, 192

Warburton, Peter E., 9

Warra, 42–43, 46

Warrego Highway, 36, 37, 42, 43, 44, 47, 54, 66

Warrego Stock Route, 22, 42, 51, 55, 56, 60

White, Patrick, 9

Williams family, 141–42

Wiluna, 198, 199, 201, 202–4

Windorah, 76, 79, 82, 85, 87–91, 102

Womallilla Creek, 63

Wongawol Station, 196–98, 207

Woodleigh Station, 212

Woods, Gracie, 77

Yatala Pie Shop, 31

Yuleba, 54–55

Zuytdorp Cliffs, 215, 221