The Territory
Ernestine Hill
Angas and Roberson 1951

Index



Abbott, Billy, 133
Abbott, C. L. A., 442
Abner Ranges, 404-5, 429
Aborigines,
  conflicts at settlement of Fort Dundas, 44-9,
    at Port Essington, 51-3, 55,
    at Victoria, 58-9,
    at Escape Cliffs, 83-4;
  menace McKinlay's expedition, 90;
  murders and reprisals, 114, 139-40, 187, 220-1, 235, 242, 249-54, 265, 338-9, 374-5, 379-81;
  cattle-killers, 175;
  Daly River murders, 196-8;
  murder of Malays at Malay Bay, 209-10;
  Protector appointed, 225-6;
  Baldwin Spencer's work for, 273;
  manners and customs, rites and ceremonies, 344-69.
  See also names of tribes.
Abrahams Billabongs, 110, 186, 193
Abrahams, Bob, 110
Adelaide River, 53-4, 77, 83-4, 87, 91, 155,
  159, 168, 173, 224, 263, 270, 277-8, 371,
  373, 376, 397-8, 405-6, 412-13
Agriculture, 151-3,	155, 159, 259-60, 271, 275-7, 279, 412-15
Albany, railway to Wyndham proposed, 187
Albert River, 55
Albinjula, Valley of Springs, 173, 179, 393, 395
Albrecht, Rev. F. W., 8
Alexandra, brigantine, 121
Alexandra Land, 161
Alexandria Station, 172, 176-7, 208, 284
Alice Springs, 11, 18, 19, 107, 117, 203, 213-14, 296, 358, 401
Alien Immigrants, Restriction Act (1905), 221
Alroy Downs, 172, 401
Ambrose, Arthur, 192
Ambrose, Paddy, 192
Amos brothers, and Broad, 172
Anderson, Bob, 190-1
Anthony's Lagoons, 177, 208, 233-4, 266, 277, 313, 355
Arafura Station, 218, 249, 253, 298, 334, 370, 383-5, 388-9, 414
Argyle Station, Kimberley, 10-11, 174, 179
Armstrong Creek, 301-2, 326
Army farms, 413
Arnhem Land, survey by David Lindsay, 171;
  minerals, 202, 256, 270, 335, 417;
  cattle-droving, 298;
  intelligence of natives of, 345, 383, 385-6;
  legends, 359;
  attempt at colonization, 383, 385;
  rivers, 414
Artesian bores, 295-303, 411, 414
Arundta Tribe, 69-70, 119, 214, 351-4, 358
Asche, Eric, 8
Auld, W. P., 75
Austral Downs, 172
Australian, R.M.S., 220
Australian Inland Mission, 271, 285
Australian Workers' Union, 278, 287
Auvergne Station, 173-5, 231, 234-5, 238, 241-3, 400
Avon Downs, 172, 208, 280, 393, 401

Babbage, B. Herschel, 64, 106
Bacon, Lady Charlotte, 108
Bacon, Harley, 108
Bagot, E. M., 105, 1ll, 121
Bald, J. C., 119
Ban Ban Springs, 393-5
Banka Banka Station, 191-2, 214, 306, 318, 356-8, 417
Barker, Capt. Collet, 47
Barkly Highway, 411
Barkly Tablelands, 19, 167, 172, 208, 227, 266, 270-1, 296, 299, 352, 401, 415
Barlow, Capt. Manners, 43-6
Barnes, William, 43, 46
Barney, Col. George, 57
Barrett, Charles, The Coast of Adventure, 9
Barrett, G. L., 210
Barrow Creek, 107, 117,214, 353
Barrow Creek Telegraph murders, 71, 132-3
Batchelor, 275-6, 279
Bates, Daisy M., 348
Bates, Harry ('Bulwaddie'), 312-13
Bathurst Island, named, 42; natives, 44-5
Bathurst Island Mission, 9, 219-220, 375
Battle Creek, 326-32, 361, 433
Bauhinia Downs, 172
Beagle, H.M.S., 4-5, 49-55, 229-30
Beatrice Hills, 155, 159, 199
Beckett, J. T., 280
Beetaloo, 321-2
Bell, Alice E. See Todd, Mrs Charles.
Bell, Norman, 8
Bennett, J.W.O.,	94
Bevan, D. D. J., Judge, 270, 272, 274, 282
Billiatt, John, 75
Billiluna Station, 174
Birtles, Francis, 261
Blain, A. M., 8
Blakeney, Fred, Hard Liberty, 261
Blanche Cap, 67
Bleeser, Florenz, 9, 14
Blinman, 79
Bloomfield, Mrs Louis, 401
Bloomfield, Louis, 214
Bogle, Rev. J. A., 126-7
Bohning, Mrs, 401
Bohning, Elsie, 261, 401
Bonson, Dolly, 9
Booby Island, 55
Booty, F. C., 243
Borroloola, 178, 186, 208, 263, 273, 277, 284, 319, 359, 398, 405, 418, 426-8, 438
Bottomley, Horatio, 218
Boucaut, Ray Parkin, 115
Bovril Estates, 233, 336-7
Bowen, Georgina D., Lady, 296
Bowen Straits, 382-3
Bowstock, 172, 312-13
Boyd, W. H. J. Carr, 171, 181-2
Boylan, Michaele. See Jones, Mrs Jock.
Bradshaw, Fred, 245, 251-3
Bradshaw.	Capt. Joseph.	217-18, 233, 236, 244-7, 249-51, 253-4, 269, 285, 298, 325, 334, 383-5, 414
Bradshaw's Run, 231, 235, 244-7, 249-54, 266, 285, 400
Brady, Jack, 170
Braitling, Mrs Ted, 401
Brandt, Otto, 199, 204-
Brassey, Lady, 201
Brassey, Lord, 164, 201
Brazel, Robert, 139
Breaden, Alan, 213
Breaden, Joe, 213
Breinl, Dr Anton, 269
Bremer, Adm. J. J. Gordon, 43-5, 51-2
Bridge, Ben, 313-15
Bridge, Mr and Mrs Joe, 399
Brisbane, s.s., 36, 147
British-Australian Telegraph Company, 96, 115, 125-6, 131, 147, 178
Britomart, H.M.S., 51-4
Broad, A., 172
Brock, W. H. 256
Brock's Creek, 168, 218, 221, 276, 407
Brophy, Sergeant, 314-15
Brown, Dr, 8
Brown, Alfred J. V., 36-9, 263, 277, 334-7, 383, 431;
  quoted, 30, 262-3, 386-7
Brown, H. Y. Lyell, 222, 251, 256-7, 415, 417
Brown. May. Mrs, 258, 407-9
Brown, V. V., 36, 387
Browne, Dr John, 169
Browne, Dr W. B., 169, 178, 208, 214
Brunette Downs, 172, 177, 208, 213, 227, 277, 284, 305-7, 312-13, 319
Buchanan, Gordon, 170; Pachorsese and Waterhole,	167
Buchanan, Gordon, jun., 167
Buchanan, Mrs Nathaniel, 167, 399
Buchanan, Nathaniel, 167-8, 170, 175, 190, 299, 301, 326, 415, 422
Buffaloes, 46, 53, 159-60, 262, 277, 370-76, 378, 381-3, 394, 397
Bulletin, The, 223-4, 267
Bullita Station, 174, 238, 265
Burke and Wills Expedition, 73, 75
Burketown, 112, 160,	177, 185, 298, 314, 434-5
Burrundie, 200, 208, 376
Buscall, Jack, 9
Button, Bob, 170, 201
Byers, Mrs, 400
Bynoe, Dr Benjamin, 49
Byrnes, Mrs Billy, 395
Byrnes, Mrs Harold, 396
Byron, Lord, 108-9

Cadell, Capt. Francis, 86
Cahill, Mrs Paddy, 398, 400
Cahill, Paddy, 170, 224, 260, 262, 265, 273, 288, 326, 366, 372-3, 375, 382, 414;
  quoted, 426
Calcutta, barque, 220
Caledon Bay, 383, 398, 417
Calliance, barque, 86
Calvert River, 193
Camden Harbour, 85-6
Camels, 213-14, 297-8
Camooweal, 177, 213, 215, 393
Camphell, Sir A. C., 315
Campbell, Hughie, 190-1
Campbell, Jim, 315-43
Campbell, John, 169
Campbell, Maj. John, 46, 48
Campbell, W. 5., 269, 275
Cannibalism, 345-6
Canning, A. W., 296-8
Canning Road, 296-8, 399
'Captain Starlight'. See Readford, Harry.
Carey, H. E., 289, 442
Carey, James, 169
Carmody, Jim, 190-1
Carnarvon, 160
Carnegie, David, Spinifex and Sand, 297
Carrington, Capt. F., 155, 171, 246
Carrington, V. G., 442
Carruth, Mrs H., 8
Carruthers, John, 171
Catt, Mount, 335
Cattle Breeding,	166-79,	217, 231-3, 247, 253, 276, 278-9, 281, 289-315, 388-96, 415-16
Cattle tick, 178-9, 208, 233, 297
Central Australia, railway to, 11;
  expeditions, 70-1,	107,	415;
  mineral , wealth, 202-4, 222;
  women of, 401;
  artesian waters, 414
Chalmers, Mrs Bob, 401
Chambers, James, 65, 68, 78
Chambers, John, 121
Chambers, Katherine, 77
Chambers Bay, 77, 269
Chambers Pillar, 69
Chapman, Frances, Mrs, 98
Charlotte Waters, 107-9, 169, 213
Chinese in Northern Territory, 6-7, 13, 129-30,	140, 147,	155-6, 158-9,	200, 204-6, 209, 215, 217-19, 221-2, 256, 262, 264-6, 281
Chippindall, Lieut. Edward, 199
Clarke, Dr, 56
Cleland, John, 139
Cole, Mrs Tom, 399
Colson, Ted, 415, 422
Condon, Harry, 265, 427-8
Confalionere, Rev. Angelo, 58
Connor, Doherty and Durack, 174
Connors, Mat, 364, 429
Conway, Mrs, 399
Cook, Dr Cecil, 8
Cooper, Joel, 9, 41, 261-2, 371, 373-5, 431
Cooper, Reuben, 375
Cooper's Creek, 213, 415
Copper, 160, 171, 195-6, 199-200, 256-7, 273, 284, 417-18
Costello, John, 172-3, 175, 179, 393, 422
Cotton, A. J., With the Great Herds of Australia, 277
Cotton, 57, 152-3, 218, 222, 259, 412
Crawford, Lindsay, 170, 191, 232
Creswell Downs, 172, 176, 208, 319
Crisp, Tom, 87-8, 107
Crocodiles, 24-5, 51, 53, 101, 107, 162, 209, 217, 225, 229, 232-3, 265
Croker, Sam, 167, 170, 242-3
Croker Island, 29, 31, 140, 263
Crowther, Northam, 189
Crush, Tom, 407
Cummings, Jim, 318
Curlewis, H. B., 10-11
Cusack, Mrs, 399
Cypress pine, 25, 261-3, 375

Dahl, Knut, In Savage Australia, 223
Dalhousie Springs, 109-10
Dally, Jack, 190, 192
Dalwood, W. T., 105, 111
Daly, Dominick, 93-4, 99, 135
Daly, Mrs Dominick, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Days, 99-100
Daly, Sir Dominick, 84, 93
Daly River, 25-7, 29, 85, 91, 131-2, 155, 160, 195-9, 204, 215, 219, 223, 225,
  249-50, 256, 260, 265-6, 270, 275-7, 279-80, 283-4, 371, 396, 412-13
Daly Waters, 75, 107, 117, 119, 139-40, 205, 320, 344-5
Dannock, Ernest, 250-1
Darcy, Mrs, 404-5
Darcy, Elizabeth, 405
Darcy, George, 404-5
Darling, Sir Ralph, 47-8
Darwent, J., 105, 111
Darwin, Charles, 4, 49-51; quoted, 49-50
Darwin, Port, discovery and naming of, 4; Goyder's surveys,
  92-4; cable to, 96, 99; defence of, '42-3; lighthouses, 220, 419
Darwin, town, in 1930, 5-10;  airmail, 11-13; bombing of, 12-13;
  climate and appearance of, 19, 25, 155-7; Goyder's surveys, 93-4;
  deserted for gold rushes, 123; development following Overland Telegraph, 125-31;
  District Council, 131;  ravages of white ants, 143-6; population in 1879-1881, 147;
  hospital, 148; pearl fishery, 199; jetty, 200, 261;
  stopping of Transcontinental Railway brings poverty, 205,6;
  Chinese in, 209, 264; cyclone of 1897, 211; revenue in 1910, 267;
  condemned, 281; rebellion against Administrator, 282;
  school population, 286; town population, 289
Dashwood, C. J., 206, 209-10, 222, 442
Davidson, Alan, 222, 256-7, 417-18
Day, T, E. 171
Deacon, Mrs Tom, 329, 399
Deacon, Tom, 299
Delamere Station, 169, 208, 234, 239, 326, 374, 400
Delissa, Lieut., 153
Delissaville, 153, 159, 199
Delisser, E. A., 422
de Warr, Fred, 262
Diamantina River, 167, 296
Dodwell, G. F., 10, 11
Don, Cape, lighthouse, 220, 419
Donkeys, 239
Douglas, Capt. Bloomfield, 95, 97, 128, 130, 442
Drew, Burton, 239, 436-7
Driver, A. R., 442
Droving, 291-303
Dumont d'Urville, Adm. J. S. C., 52
Dundas, Fort, 44, 49
Durack, Elizabeth, All-about; Chunuma; The Way of the Whirlwind; The Magic Trumpet, 244, 350
Durack, Jeremiah, 173-5
Durack, John, l73-5, 179
Durack, M. P., 10, 30, 179, 187, 432
Durack, Mary, 244, 350
Durack, Michael J., 173-5
Durack, Neil, 243-4
Durack, Patrick, 173-5
Durack, Patrick (cousin), 173-5
Durack, Reginald W., 244

East Alligator River, 89, 260, 265, 333, 364, 373, 398, 414
Eastern, African, and Cold Storage Company, 218, 249, 253
Easton, W. R., 8
Edmunds, R. H., 84, 88-9
Elder, Sir Thomas, 108, 213
Elliot, Mrs Augustus, 401
Elliot, Mr and Mrs Augustus, 213, 401
Elsey Station, 169-70, 247-8, 253, 295, 319, 394
Emery, Lieut. J. B., 5, 51
English, Scottish, and Australian Bank, Darwin, 126
Erldunda Station, 401
Escape Cliffs, 53, 83, 87, 91-2, 95-6, 442
Essington, Sir William, 42
Eva Downs, 172, 296, 312-13, 401
Evans, R. J., 289
Ewandyte Station, 399
Exploring in the Seventies, 107
Eyre, Lake, 64, 67-8, 113, 117-18, 415

Fannie Bay, 98, 206
Fannie Bay Jail, 6, 162, 209, 217, 230, 243, 272, 284, 381
Far North Memories, 128
Farquharson, Archie, 170, 302
Farquharson, Harry, 170, 302
Farquharson, Hugh, 170, 302
Farrar, Billy, 359
Farrar, Bob, 179, 393-5
Farrar, Bob ('Old Bob'), 393
Farrar, Phoebe, Mrs Bob, 393-5
Favenc, Ernest, 169, 172; quoted, 414
Fenton, Dr C., 13
Ferguson, Lady Edith, 109
Ferguson, Maj. J. A., 142
Finke, William, 65, 68
Finke River, 69-70, 73, 78, 108, 113-14, 213, 317, 401
Finniss, B. T., 82-7, 442; quoted, 3
Finniss River, 377, 383
Fisher and Lyons, 155, 170, 232
Fitzgerald, James, 139
Fitzmaurice, L. R., 51, 53
Fitzmaurice River, 257
Fitzroy, Capt. Robert, 49
Fitzroy River, 51, 169, 184
'Fizzer, The'. See Peckham, Henry V.
Flanagan, Charlie, 242-3
Flinders, Capt. Matthew, 32, 41-2, 55
Flinders Ranges, 64-5, 79, 107
Flora Valley Station, 170, 278, 297-8
Florida Station, 173
Flying Cloud, cutter,	132, 142, 419
Flying Doctor Calling, 13, 395
Flynn, Barney, 224, 371-2, 374-5
Flynn, Rev. John, 271, 285
Flynn, Josie, 26
Flynn, Tom, 263, 275-6
Foelsche, Capt. Paul, 95, 98, 126, 140, 142-3
Fogarty, Wallis, 214
Forlorn Hope, boat, 85-6
Forrest and Emanuel, 233
Forrest, Alexander, 168-9, 173, 181
Forsyth, Lieut., 4
Forsyth, Jack, 185
Fossil Downs, 173
Foster, Weekes and Stretch, 174
Foster, Horace, 426
Fothergill, Dr, 8
Francis, Ted, 188
Franks, John, 132-3
Fraser, John, 176
Frazer, J. G., 356
Freeling, Sir A. H., 64
Freeling, Lake, 64
Freer, Cecil, 375
Frew, James, 75
Frost, Jim, 329
Fysh, W. Hudson, 11

Gaden, Mrs Hazel, 376, 396-8
Gason, Sam, 132
Gents, Billy, 119
Georgina River, 174, 177, 179, 296, 393
Georgina Road, 291-2, 296, 299
Geraldine, Rev. Mother, 220
Gibson, Hollowood and Sullivan, 277
Gilbert, John, 56
Giles, Alan, 214, 319
Giles, Alfred, 107, 169, 178, 207
Giles, Ernest, 171
Giles, L. A. G., 8
Giles, L. H. A., 442
Gillen, F. J., 118-19, 222, 273, 354
Gilruth, Dr J. A., 29, 269-70, 272, 275-6, 282, 285-9, 442
Glencoe Station, 168, 170, 178
Glenelg River, 85-6
Glenroy Run, 298
Gold, Dr John, 48-9
Gold-mining, 120-33, 142, 158-60, 172, 179-89, 200, 202-3, 208, 218, 221-3, 257-9, 298, 417-18
Goldie, John, 124-5
Goldsbrough, Mort and Co., 232-3, 378
Goldsmith, Dr F. E., 83
Good Intent, schooner, 178
Goodliffe, Charlie, 185
Goodwin, Charles H. R. O. W. W., 9
Gordon, Adam Lindsay, 202
Gordon, Christina, Mrs, 258
Gordon, Katherine. See Buchanan, Mrs Nathaniel.
Gordon Downs Station, 170, 278
Gosse, Harry, 208
Gosse, Dr W., 133, 208
Gothenburg, R.M.S., 129, 136-9
Goulburn Islands, 263, 383, 386
Goyder, G. W., 64, 92-4, 442
Goyder River, 218, 253, 383, 385, 414
Granites. The, 222, 258, 417
Grant, Thorold, 223
Great Australian Loneliness, 214
Great North Road, 10, 296, 358
Great Sandy Desert, 415
Green, Capt. H. M., 5
Green, J. H., 48-9
Gregory, A. C., 64, 235, 246
Grey, Sir George, 85, 346
Grien, Henri, 29-30
Groote Eylandt, 426
Groote Eylandt Mission, 9
Grote, Billy, 262
Gsell, F. Y., Bishop, 9, 41, 219-20, 375
Gulnare, schooner, 92, 95-7, 99-101, 106-7, 112, 147
Gunn, Mrs Aeneas, 170, 233-4; Little Black Princess, 9;
  We of the Never Never, 233, 248, 261, 264, 319, 394
Gunn, Aeneas J., 245-8, 253
Guthrie, Thomas, 172
Guy, Dr T. G., 129, 136, 141

Hall, Charlie, 181
Halley's Comet, 353-4
Halls, A. T. R., 119
Hall's Creek, 179-83, 187-9, 191-3
Halpin, Capt. Robert, 113
Hambidge, C. M., 10
Hamilton, de Courcy, 262-3
Hammond, Ned, 173
Hann, Frank, 422
Hardy brothers, 376
Hardy, Fred, 404
Hardy, Tom, 173, 175, 241-2
Harney, W. E., Brimming Billabongs, Taboo etc., 350
Hart, Mrs, 398-9
Hart, C. J., quoted, 3
Harvey, E. W., 107-8
Harvey, Thomas, 85
Hatch's Creek, 192, 273, 418
Havey, Charlie, 427
Hay, Billy, 178
Hayball, Palmerston, 97
Hayes, Mrs, 401
Hayes, Tom, 174
Hayes Family, 213
Haynes, Charlie, 163-4
Haynes, Fanny, 406-7
Haynes, Harry, 407
Hazard, Richard, 94
Hearne, W., 107
Helen Springs, 10, 261, 401
Henning, August, 132
Herbert, Mrs C. E., 14, 395
Herbert, C. E., 255, 395, 442
Herbert, Xavier, 10
Hergott Springs, 67
Hermannsburg Mission, 8, 352, 358
Hicks, Lieut., 48
Hicks, Arthur, 169
Hill, Fenton, 168-9
Hill, Gerald, 269
Hobler, G. A., 8
Hobley, Mrs, 399
Hobson, Capt. William, 55
Hodgson Downs, 172, 218, 249, 253, 284, 389
Holmes, Dr Mervyn, 281
Holmes, R. E., 140
Holtze, Maurice, 150-2, 199, 259
Holtze, Nicholas, 259, 272, 290
Holtze, Waldemar, 119, 417
Hordern, Anthony, 187
Horn Expedition, 223
Horsburgh, J., 8
Horse-breeding,	213, 219, 247, 276, 279
Horse-racing,	213-14, 236, 432
Houschildt, Harry, 121-3, 158-60, 195-7
Houston, Dr, 141
Howley, A., 116, 123
Hughes, J. V., 106
Humbert River, 265
Humpty Doo Station, 173, 371
Hunter, George, 376
Hunter, Harry, 36
Hutchinson, Commander, R.N., 83
Huxley, Thomas, 59

Idracowra, 213
Idriess, Ion L., 417
In Savage Australia, 223
Indian Head, 230
Indigo, 209
Investigator, cable ship, 106, 112-13, 116
Irvine, Sam, 18
Ivanhoe Station, 174
Jansen, Olaf, 160, 200, 202, 208
Japanese, invited as immigrants, 142; inquiry about settlement, 210; pearlers, 217
Jardine, Alex, 91
Jardine, Frank, 91
Jardine, John, 82
Jay Creek, 401
Jenkins, Mrs, 401
Jensen, Dr H. I., 272
Jersey, Earl, 210
Jesuit Missions, 162, 204, 215
Johns, Adam, 122, 171, 181
Johns, Constable, 274
Johnson, Dr David, 57
Johnson, Nelson T., quoted, 3
Jolly and Luxton's store, 200
Jones, Mr and Mrs Jock, 404
Jose, James, 174
Jose, Roger, 426
Jukes, John Beete, quoted, 59

Kahlin Compound, 7, 273, 282, 339
Kaitish Tribe, 353
Kapalgo Station, 396-7
Kapok, 219
Katherine, 20, 117, 189-91, 207, 215, 217-18, 223-5, 260, 266,
  281, 284, 296, 301, 322-3, 327, 393-4, 404, 430, 433, 435
Katherine River, 107, 132, 190, 232, 265, 275, 280, 284, 296, 300-1, 317, 322-3, 412-13, 437
Katherine River Gorge, 413
Kavenagh, Mrs, 401
Kekwick, William, 68, 71, 75, 79
Kelly, Jack, 243
Kelsey, J. G., 118
Kennedy, Jim, 299
Keppel, Capt. H., 59
Keys, Charles, 53
Kidman, Sir Sidney, 298, 301
Kieran, Tom, 426
Kilfoyle, Tom, 174, 235
Kimberley Ranges, named, 42; reconnaissance by Carr Boyd, 171;
  gold discovered, 172; stations established, 173-9; gold rush, 179-89;
  horse track to, 299
King, Adm. Phillip Parker, 41-2, 245
King, Stephen, 75, 78
King River, 338, 371, 383
Kingsborough, Mrs, 133
Kintore, Countess, 210
Kintore, Earl, 206-8, 381
Kirkland, Dr, 8
Kirkland, Bruce, 127
Kirkland, C. J., 127, 196, 396
Kitchener, Field-Marshal Lord, 266-7
Knight, J. G., 125, 141,	156-7, 162-3, 442
Knuckey, R. R., 108, 166
Koolpinya Station, 14, 395
Kurrundi, 222

Lake Nash Station, 179, 393
Lamb, E. W., 172
Lambrick, Mrs, 60
Lampe, V. L., 8
Landers, 158, 160, 195-7
Larrakia Tribe, 5, 10, 13, 93, 95-6, 98-9, 225, 265, 352
Lasseter's Reef, 417
Latour, G. D., 166
Lawrie, Bill, 257-8
Lawrie, George, 285
Lawrie, Jack, 257-8
Lawson, Capt. Harry, 263, 269
Lawson, Henry, 438-9
Leane, Col. E. T., 442
Le Hunte, Sir George, 224-5
Leichhardt, Ludwig, 56, 64, 77
Levi, Philip, 105, 140
Lewis, Sir Essington, 115
Lewis, Harry, 178, 214, 299, 30l
Lewis, Hon. John, 115-16,	122, 124, 132, 140
Lewis, Steve, 178, 214, 299, 30l
Liddy, Tom, 433
Ligar, George, 299, 432
Light, W. H., 205
Limmen River, 168, 172, 186, 200, 256, 284, 320, 393-4, 414
Lindsay, David, 171, 202-3, 414, 422
Linklater, William, 190, 198, 317, 320-2, 327, 353-4, 360, 432, 434-7;
  The Magic Snake, 198, 350
Litchfield, H. T., 121
Litchfield, Jessie, Mrs, 128
Little, J. A. G., 112, 118, 160, 222
Liverpool River, 42
Lloyd, Mrs, 401
Lorne Creek, 172
Love's Creek, 214, 401
Lynott, Tom, 172, 200, 273-4

McAnsh Estates, 306
McArthur, Capt. John, 51, 54, 56-7, 59
Macarthur River Station, 172, 176, 197-8, 284, 306, 359, 361
Macartney and Mayne, 241-2
Macartney, F. T., 8; quoted, 156
McCall, Katie. See Rogers, Mrs Jack W.
McCarthy, Mrs Jack, 400-1
McCarthy, Jack, 10, 400, 435
McCarthy, Jerry, 435
McCaw, W. J.,  270
McCoy, Jack, 393
MacDonald brothers, 173
MacDonald, Alex, 244
MacDonald, Jim, 302
MacDonald, John, 155
Macdonald, 'Sandy Myrtle', 190-1
MacDonnell Ranges, 70, 107, 223, 318, 401
MacGillivray, John, quoted, 59
MacGregor, William, 278, 290
McGuinness, Barney, 9
Mackay, Jack, 26, 175
McKay, Jack, 398
Mackenzie, Mrs Charlotte, 404
MacKenzie, Alex, 140
Mackenzie, Edward, 210
Mackenzie, J. T., quoted, 5
McKinlay, John, 86-92
MacLachlan, George, 93, 106, 114
Macleod, Billy, 178
Macleod, Jack, 318-19
Macleod, Murdoch, 302
McManus, Frank, 298
McMaster, Sir Fergus, 307
McMinn. G. R., 106, 108, 11l,	123, 140, 155-6, 442
McMinn, William, 85, 93-4, 98
McPhee, Jock, 171, 183, 242, 263-4
Maddern, C. A., 10
Madigan, C. T., Central Australia, Crossing the Dead Heart, 415
Mainoru Station, 398
Malay Bay, 262-3, 335-6, 338-9, 343
Malay fishermen, 31-8, 46-7, 52-3, 204, 209, 383-7
Mallapunyah Station, 404
Mallison Island, 384-5
Mallom, J. C., Judge, 8, 286
Manchester, Duke of, 198
Mansfield, Susannah, 9
Manton, J. T., 83-4, 442
Maranboy, 273, 283-5
Margaret River, 157
Maria Island, 19
Marlowe, Joe, 9
Maroubra, ship, 419
Marrakai Station, 173, 265, 371, 376, 404
Marsh, Henry, 132, 142
Martin, Mr and Mrs Alf, 233, 399
Mary River, 155, 200, 371
Mataranka, 275, 277, 280, 412
Maurice, Richard T., 223
May, James, 140
Mayne, Jimmie, 393
Melville, David, 115
Melville Island, 40-6, 48-9, 261, 271, 273, 371, 374-5
Melville Island Mission, 9
Mermaid, schooner, 42
Merryfield Station, 390-1
Mica, 418
Milingimbi Mission, 9, 432
Millar Brothers, 199-200
Miller, Blake, 301
Millner, Dr J. S., 83, 125-6, 136-7, 442
Mills, W. W., 108
Milner, John, 113-15
Milner, Ralph, 113
Milton, W. C., 277
Mitchell, S. J., 269-70, 442
Montajinnie, 30l, 326, 404
Morice, Dr R. .T., 148
Mount Norris Bay, 375
Mueller, Ferdinand von, 64
Muir, Ernest Clare. See Campbell, Jim.
Munro, J., 266
Munro, Hon. James, 155
Murphy, Lieut. A. W., 11
Murphy, Barney, 186, 218
Murphy, Bill, 336-9
Murphy, W., 270
Murran-ji Track, 298-303, 314, 399, 440

Nash, Heath, 75, 78
Nation, William, 166
Neale River, 67, 69
Neighbour, aboriginal decorated with Albert Medal, 274-5
Nelson, Harold, 287, 289
Newcastle Waters, 74-5, 114, 169, 178, 213-14, 232, 299, 301-2, 344, 351-3, 355,400
Newry Station. 174, 238
Nicholls, G. A., 8
Nicholls, George, 398
Niemann, Mrs, 264
Noltenius, 121, 123, 158, 160, 195-7
North Australia, declared a Crown colony 7
North Australia Advisory Commission, 8
North Australian, 200
North Australian Pastoral Company, 172, 179
Northern Territory, western boundary fixed, 10-11;
  airmail, 11-12;
  rivers, 18;
  flowers, 20;
  birds, 22-4, 28;
  crocodiles, 24-5;
  trees, 25-6;
  insects, 27, 29;
  reptiles, 27;
  fishes, 28;
  cattle, 28;
  pigs, 29;
  discovery and exploration, 41-56, 61-94;
  annexed to South Australia, 81-2;
  overland telegraph, 96, 99-100, 102-19;
  gold, 120-33, 142, 179-89;
  immigrants, 142;
  Customs Department, 160;
  border with Queensland, 171;
  mineral wealth, 202, 417;
  Resident's report for 1899, 215;
  taken over by Commonwealth, 217;
  population, 255, 286;
  Federal Territory, 268-9;
  parliamentary franchise withdrawn, 270;
  Vestey's meatworks, 278, 281, 289;
  Advisory Council and Royal Commission, 288-9;
  agriculture, 412-15;
  water conservation, 413-15,
  geological surveys, 415, 417
Northern Territory Acceptance Act, 268
Northern Territory Company, 82, 92, 94, 152
Northern Territory Times, 127-9, 200, ,282-3, 286, 290;
  quoted, 141-2, 147-9, 161-2, 196, 201, 205-7, 210, 220, 237, 243, 327, 330, 396
Norton, Mrs, 301, 404
Nugent, Tom, 357-8, 417
Nutwood Downs, 179, 394-5

O'Brien, Rev. Father, 162, 249-50
O'Donnell, Billy, 171, 183
Oenpelli Station, 170, 260, 360, 398, 414
Oliver, T. J., 289
Olsen, Sam, 261-2
O'Neill, Tom, 124
Oodnadatta, 205, 20-7, 212-13, 215, 226
Oorarminna Rockholes, 213
Opium smuggling, 262
Ord River, 169, 174, 179-85, 187, 201, 243, 432
Ord River Station, 170, 191, 307, 314
Osborn, Capt. Noel, 105-6
Osborn, Adm. Sherard, 105
O'Shea, Tim, 404
Osmand, W. S., 170, 201
Overland Telegraph, 96, 99-100, 102-19, 123, 125, 132-3, 208, 222, 319, 322
Overlanders, 166-79, 293
Owen Springs Station, 213

Packhorse mail, 263
Palmer, J. H., 169
Palmerston, 4, 84, 95
Palmerston Sugar Company, 155
Panton, J. A., 170
Parsons, Hon. J. A. Langdon, 162-4, 205-6, 442
Pascoe Mary Jane, 86
Pater, T. Kennedy, Judge, 380
Paterson, A. B., 'Banjo', quoted, 223-4, 438-9
Patterson, Mrs Len, 404
Patterson, Mrs R. C., 115
Patterson, R. C., 111-12, 115, 166
Peake River, 68, 107
Peanuts, 280, 412-13
Pearce, Fred, 205
Pearce, Capt. James, 136-9
Pearce,Pearce, Tom, 218-9, 258-9, 263, 277, 295, 319, 326, 328, 393-4, 413, 435
Pearl fishery, 199, 221, 281
Peckham, Henyy V., 233-4, 243, 401
Pelham, L. J., 136-7
Pelorus, H.M.S., 54-5
Pentacost, John 174
Pethick, Bob, 433
Pigs, 276, 279
Pine Creek, 161, 197, 202, 205, 217-18, 221-2, 225, 258, 264, 266-7,
  272, 280, 284, 290, 317-19, 322-3, 400, 408, 418, 435
Playford, E. C., 272
Poddy-dodgers, 304-15
Poole, James, 62-3
Port Augusta, 104-5, 115
Port Essington, 28, 42-3, 51-60, 332-5, 378, 380, 412
Powell's Creek, 107, 119, 214, 296, 353
Price, C. D., 142, 152
Price, E. W., 442
Prince Regent River, 42, 244-6
Providence Knoll, 114-15
Pruen, W. B. F., 259-60
Pryor, Constable, 40

Queenslander, 169
Quilpie, 173

Radium, 256, 418
Raffles, Sir T. S., 42-3
Ragged Thirteen, 189-92
Randall, Alf, 173
Randall, Dick, 173
Rankine River, 393
Rapid Creek Mission, 162, 204, 381-2
Ray, Mrs Andy, 398
Readford, Harry, 172, 190, 227, 305-7
Red Lily Lagoons, 178, 186, 360
Redwater fever, 208
Reid, Jack, 178, 190
Renner, Dr, 110
Reynolds, Hon. Thomas, 137
Rice, 259-60, 272, 277, 412, 414
Richardson, Bob, 210
Riverview Station, 399
Rix, Charlie, 233
Roberts, Harry, 121-3
Robinson, E. 0., 34, 140, 173, 371, 378, 380, 383, 380, 383
Rocklands Station,172
Roe, Lieut., J. S. , 42, 45
Rogers, Mrs Jack W., 388-92
Roper, John, 56
Roper River, 75, 86, 106, 112-15, 132, 174, 178-9, 186, 218-19, 263, 266, 280, 284, 298, 360, 388-90, 399, 412-14
Roper River Concessions, 277
Roper River Mission, 9, 265
Roper Valley Station, 20, 274
Rose, Walter, 295-6
Rosewood Station, 174-5
Ross, John, 106-10
Rosy River, 166, 174
Rossiter, J. L., 284
Rothschild, Hon. Lionel, 223
Rougemont, Louis de. See Grien, Henri
Rowan, Dik, 298
Royal Geographical Society, expedition to Amhem Land, 171
Rubber, 153
Rubies, 202-4, 214
Rudall, John, 126
Rum Jungle, 123, 204
'Russian Jack', 193
Ryan, H., 289

Sachse, A., 153
Samuels, O. K., 61
Sargent, Connie, 405-6
Sargent, Winnie, 405-6
Saunders, Phil, 122, 158, 171, 181
Sayle, Fred, 170, 427
Sayle, Tom, 170, 427
Sayle, William, 170, 426-7
Scobie, Alex, 430
Scott, G. B., 128-9, 142, 442
Scott, Jack, 302
Scott, Syd, 174-6
Scrutton, Alf, 172, 273
Seal, George, 278
Searcy, Alfred, 178; By Flood and Field, 34; In Australian Tropics, 34
Seymour, Charlie, 435
Shadforth, Mr and Mrs Harry, 244, 398, 400
Shale oil, 418
Sheahan, Dan, 302, 430
Sheep breeding, 113-15, 166-79, 233, 245-6, 276, 280, 415
Shoal Bay sugar plantation, 199, 204
Sholl, Robert, 86
Silver lead, 160, 200, 256-7, 273, 335
Simpson Desert, 415, 422
Singapore ant, 29
Sisal hemp, 259-60
Skeehan, Mr and Mrs J., 243, 250-1
Skelton, John, 127, 131, 137
Skuthorpe, Archie, 243
Skuthorpe, J. D., 295, 302
Smith, D. D., 13
Smith, E., 93-4
Smith, Fred, 371
Smith, Jack ('Larrikin	Jack'), 190-1
Smith, 'Jumbo', 301
Smith, Sir M. Staniforth, 289, 442
Smith, Villeneuve, 126
Smyth, Capt. Henry, 47
Solomon, V. L., 36, 125, 161
Somerset, 91
South Alligator River, 373, 375-6, 396, 414
Southport, 124, 128-30, 135, 143, 159, 163, 206
Sowden, Sir William, 162
Spencer, Rodney, 377-87
Spencer, Sir W. Baldwin, 119, 222, 269, 273-4, 348, 354, 357, 372; quoted, 360-2
Spratt, Mrs Jack, 401
Spring Hill, 418
Springvale Station, 169, 207
Sree pas Sair, brigantine, 199
Standley, Ida, Mrs, 401
Stanes, Mrs Syd, 401
Stanley, Capt. Owen, 49, 51-4, 58
Stanley Billabongs, 110
Stapleton, James, 132-3, 141
Stephens, H. W. H., 155, 170
Stewart, Lieut. D. B., 52-3
Stibe, F. A., 227, 234
Stirling, Adm. James, 47
Stirling, Sir John, 206-7
Stock routes, 113-15,	296, 305
Stockdale, Harry, 160, 171
Stockmen, 429-32
Stokes, Adm. John Lort, 4-5, 53-4; quoted, 4, 229-30
Stone, Sister E. M., 8
Stott, Mounted Constable, 221,  249-50
Stow, J. P., 84-5
Strangman, Dr, 266
Streeter, H. E., 199
Stretch, Mrs, 174
Stretton, Mrs W. G., 398
Stretton, W. G., 115, 159, 226
Stuart, John McDouall, 18, 62-81, 104, 107, 116, 269, 299, 354; quoted, 3, 412
Stuart Highway, 15-16, 120, 232, 234, 411
Sturt, Capt. Charles, 61-4
Sturt River, 64, 298
Success, H.M.S., 47
Sudan Station, 172
Sugar Grant Act, 155
Sugarcane, 151-3, 155, 199, 204, 277, 412, 414
Swan, Thomas, 48
Sweers Island, 55, 160
Sweet, Mary E. (Mrs S.), 95
Sweet, Capt. Samuel, 95
Symon, Sir Josiah, 381

Talorua, s.s., 126, 128, 135
Tamar, H.M.S., 43-5
Tanami, 222, 257-9, 408
Tanumburini, 418
Tate, Prof. Ralph, 162
Taylor, Capt. R., 12
Tennant, David, 157
Tennant, John, 71
Tennant's Creek, 71, 106-7, 115-17, 119, 192, 214, 222, 353-4, 358, 417
Tennyson, Lord, 226, 381
Thompson, Freddie, 286
Thompson, W. A., 256
Thoms, Capt., 197
Thring, F. W., 75, 77-8
Tilston, Dr A. R., 57-8
Tin, 160, 200, 206, 210, 256, 266, 273, 284, 417
Tingha Dian, 31, 33
Tipperary Station, 395-6
Tjingilli	Tribe, 19, 74, 320, 351, 353-4
Tobacco, 152-3, 204, 259-60, 277, 412
Tobin, Michael, 297
Todd, Mrs Charles, 107
Todd, Sir Charles, 95-6, 103-19
Todd River, 107, 214, 358
Tolmer, Mount, 405
'Tommy the Rag', 190, 192
Townshend, Mrs, 399
Townshend, Richard, 233-4, 325-6, 330-1, 337
Transcontinental railway, 161, 164, 199-200, 204-6, 267, 280, 290
Travers, Roderick, 168
Trayne, Mrs, 401
Trepang, 31-8, 335-6, 341, 378, 383
Troy, Trooper Paddy, 185
Tuckwell, Ned, 98
Tully, Patrick, 173
Tunney brothers, 223
Turtle Point, 230
Tyers, C, J., 53

Uhr, D'Arcy Wentworth, 166, 171, 334
Umbrawarra, 266, 408
Union Reefs, 121-4, 137, 140, 208, 222, 373, 418
Urapungee Station, 388-91
Urquhart, F. C., 289, 442
Urquhart, Joe, 174

Valentine, Porteous, 121
Vallack, Lieut., 53
Vanderlin Island, 280
Verburg, H., 277
Vernon Shoals, 419
Vestey's Limited, 278, 281, 283, 285, 287, 289, 396
Victoria, Town, named 52; abandoned, 59
Victoria River, 155, 222, 228-40, 248-53, 263, 266, 270, 285, 404, 413, 415, 418
Victoria River Downs, 169-70, 191, 231-4, 238-9, 245-6, 263, 299, 301, 305, 307-8
  324, 326-7, 329-31, 336-7, 343, 399, 436
Virginia, 96

Walgandu Cave, 360-1
Walhalla Downs, 172
Wallace, Abraham, 169
Wandi, 256, 418, 435
Warburton, Maj., P. E., 213, 317
Warby, Johnnie, 170
Ward, Alaric, 84
Ward, Ebenezer, 83
Warloch Ponds, 110
Warramulla Tribe, 353
Warramunga, H.M.S., 353
Warramunga Tribe, 19, 72-3, 110-11, 351, 353-8
Warren, Rev. J., 9
Waterhouse, J. W., 75
Waterhouse River, 406
Waterloo Station, 174, 299, 399
Waters, Inspector, 251, 288
Waters, C. E., 272
Watson, Mr and Mrs Bob, 233, 399
Watson, Jack, 232-3
Wauchope Creek, 273, 418
Wave Hill Station, 170, 178, 213, 229, 231, 238-9, 270, 278,
  296, 298, 301, 305, 326, 404, 415, 433, 436
We of the Never Never, 233, 248, 261, 264, 319, 394
Wearing, W. A., Judge, 136-9
Webb, Mrs Ben, 401
Webb, Rev., 9
Weddell, Lt-Col. R. H., 8, 442
Wellington, Fort, settlement at, 47; abandoned, 49
Wells, Larry, 171, 297, 415
Wells, Mount, 200, 206
Welsh Settlers from Patagonia, 283
Westall, Richard, 108
Whirlwind Plains, 244
Whitby, J. J., 136-7
White, Gilbert, Bishop, 222-3, 274
White, Hamilton, 189
White, John, 85
White, T. K., 235
White ants, 25, 143-6, 151, 261
White Australia, 221, 224, 281
Whitington,	Richard, 125
Wickham, Mrs Jim, 399
Wickham, Capt. J. C., 51, 53
Wickham, Jim, 298
Wickham River, 231
Wierien River, 426-7
Wilberforce, Cape, 382-3, 418
Wild Duck, ship, 147
Wildman River, 375
Willeroo Station, 174, 176, 208, 219, 234, 238-9, 279, 324, 326, 328, 400, 413
Willetts, Florence, 385
Williams, Ridley, 422
Wilshaw, Peter, 433
Wilson, Matt, 236-40, 285, 325, 433
Wilton River, 274, 298, 335, 393, 398
Wiluna, 297-8
Windorah, 173
Wingfield, Ted, 140
Winnecke, Charles, 419
Wise, F. J. 5., 442
Wolfram, 192, 256, 258, 273, 407-8, 417-18
Wollogorang Station, 218, 249, 253, 298, 400
Wood, Dr, 48
Woodlands, Mrs, 399
Woodroffe, Jim, 190-1
Woods, A. T., 108, 110, 169
Woods, Rev. J. E. Tenison, 201-2, 417
Woods, Jack, 190-1
Woods, Trooper, 141
Woods, Lake, 110
Woolna Tribe, 93-6
Woolnough, Dr W. G., 269, 272
Worgan, Tom, 258
Wrigley, Capt. H. N., 11
Wyatt, Mrs Bill, 404
Wyndham, 42, 183, 185, 187-9, 193, 213, 215, 233, 434

Yampi Sound, 51
Yellow fever, 160
Yellow Waterholes, 300-1
Yerrakool Tribe, 339-42, 352
Young, Hughie, 245, 247

Zakharrow, E. P., 277
Zamia Palm, 426-7
Zigembine Family, 404
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