• Title
  John Bailey - History of Lasseter's Reef, and an explanation of the two expeditions despatched to the Central Australia of where the reef was alleged to be, 26 Sept., 1947.
• Creator
  John (Jack) Bailey, 1871-1947
• Call number
  A 2753
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1947
• Type of material
  Textual Records, Photographs
• Reference code
  457526
• Issue Copy
  Microfilm : A 2753)
  
• Physical Description
  1 vol. - 0.01 Meters
  Textual Records
  Photographs
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  In 1929 Harold Lasseter claimed that, years earlier, he had discovered a rich gold bearing reef in Central Australia. In 1930 an expedition was formed, with Lasseter as guide, to search for the reef. Following a number of accidents and dissension in the party, Lasseter went on alone. He was not seen again, nor was any reef discovered. A search party found his body and brought back his diary which revealed that he had lived among Aborigines for several months in the Petermann Ranges and had apparently died of starvation. John Bailey from 1930 was honorary chairman of the Central Australia Gold Exploration Co. which financed an expedition to find L. H. B. Lasseter's lost reef. This manuscript is Bailey's account of those expeditions.
• Scope and Content
  26 Sept. 1947; History of Lasseter's Reef (pp. 1-10)
  1947; Gold in Arnhem Land - year 1933 (pp. 11-16)
  1947; Exploring in North Australia - year 1935 (pp. 16-18)
• General note
  
  Digital order no:Album ID : 825626
• Name
  Central Australian Gold Expedition (1931)
  Lasseter, Harold Bell, 1880-1931
  
• Subject
  Australia, Central--Discovery and exploration.
  Explorers--Australia, Central.
  Gold miners--Australia--Biography.
  Gold mines and mining--Australia, Central.
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3242610

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