Curiosity

View of the 1928-29 Expedition's quarters from the lighthouse balcony, Low Isles, 1928. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Scientific expedition members, Low Isles, 1928-29. Note the absence of Aboriginal assistants in this photograph. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Mattie and Maurice Yonge, Low Isles, 1928. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Collection of the National Library of Australia

Duboisia myoporoidis (pituri), 1923

Duboisia myoporoidis (pituri) by Adam Forster, 1923. Collection of the National Library of Australia

Location

Australia

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The men who blazed the track!

by Will Ogilvie

Since the toasts for the absent are over,

And duly we've pledged in our wine

15 November 2010

William Landsborough with Jemmy and Jack Fisherman, 1862. Collection State Library of Victoria

As well as serving as a police magistrate and commissioner of crown lands in Carpentaria, in 1882 Landsborough was awarded £2000 by the Government for his exploratory work. This he used to buy land at Caloundra where he later settled. He died at his property in 1886. Later his remains were taken to Toowong cemetery.

Collection State Library of Victoria

Landsborough’s Camp 69, reverse, 2008. Explorers were not alone in blazing trees, the reverse side of Landsborough’s tree shows evidence of a large Aboriginal shield being removed from the bar