Eastern Part of West Australia / Illustrating the Route of the Exploration by The Hon. David W. Carnegie 1896-7.

Scarce map of the inland exploration between Coolgardie & Kimberley by the Hon. David Wynford Carnegie (1871-1900).

Carnegie had mounted an expedition for an inland crossing of Western Australia from south to north. Planning to establish the nature of the country between the 1874 route of (Sir) John Forrest and the 1872-73 route of Warburton, he was concerned particularly with gold and the possibility of a direct stock route between the Kimberley district and Coolgardie. His four companions were Joseph Breaden of Central Australia and his Aboriginal servant Warri, Godfrey Massie of Sydney and Charles Stansmore of Perth. Eight pack-camels carried five months provisions and the necessary equipment. They started from Coolgardie on 9 July 1896 and intersected Forrest’s route at Mount Worsnop 280 miles away. The expedition reached Halls Creek on 4 December.