Spinifex and Sand / A Narrative of Five Years' Pioneering and Exploration in Western Ausralia

A firsthand narrative recounts five years of prospecting and exploration across Western Australia, following the author's early days on the Coolgardie goldfields, several prospecting expeditions, and a thirteen-month desert crossing from Lake Darlôt to Halls Creek and back. It blends practical accounts of mining methods, equipment, and desert travel with observations of landscape, geology, water sources and interactions with Indigenous groups. Episodes cover camp life, hardships of thirst and isolation, routes and landmarks, and the sale and operation of mines, while appendices and many illustrations document tools, native artifacts, and scientific identifications, offering a detailed field memoir of pioneering hardship, logistics, and natural history.