Terra Incognita

crossing Australia following the footsteps of the Burke & Wills expedition

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All Pictures, drawings and texts by Lara Jaillon and Sebastien Guesney

Web design by Ludo, Sebastien and Lara. Thank you Joomla!

Thank you Hema Maps for the best and most accurate maps of Australia we could find to prepare this trip.

http://www.hemamaps.com.au/

 

We consulted the following web sites to define our trek:

http://www.victoria.visitorsbureau.com.au/attractions.html

http://www.visitvictoria.com/displayobject.cfm/objectid.000B540D-F472-1A53-B41880C476A90000/ 

http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Organ_Pipes_National_Park 

http://www.about-australia.com/travel-guides/victoria/melbourne/attractions/natural/organ-pipes-national-park/ 

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Keilor/2005/02/17/1108500206601.html 

http://home.vicnet.net.au/%7Efoopnp/guide/geology.htm

http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_print.cfm?park=167

http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1volunteers_reg.cfm

http://www.visitvictoria.com/displayobject.cfm/objectid.0004559E-F59E-1A0C-B46B80CF8F3CFC34/ 

http://www.goonawarra.com.au

http://www.craiglee.com.au/sunbury_region.html

http://www.andraosbros.com.au/about.html

http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/bacchusmarsh/

http://www.parkweb.vic.gov.au/1park_display.cfm?park=130

http://www.discoverbacchusmarsh.org/

http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/VICBacchusMarsh.shtml

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Hardy

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Sunbury/2005/02/17/1108500207429.html

http://www.pbase.com/image/73402930

http%253A%252F%252Fmview.museum.vic.gov.au%252Fpaimages%252Fmm%252F208%252F20843.htm

http://sbs.com.au/sbsmain/gold/story.html?storyid=96

http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/

http://209.85.175.104/search?q=cache:VvokInucqecJ:www.central-deborah.com/education/bendigo_facts.doc+bendigo+gold+rush&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=1&client=safari

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Eaglehawk/2005/02/17/1108500206424.html

http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~stocky/whipstick.html

http://users.mcmedia.com.au/~stocky/bushwalking.html

http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/recovery/w-crassifolia/index.html

http://www.visitvictoria.com/displayobject.cfm/objectid.0005DBB9-2581-1F65-892580C476A90000/

http://www.loddon.vic.gov.au/Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=143&h=1&p=1

http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Pyramid-Hill/2005/02/17/1108500207236.html

http://www.kerangonline.com.au/leaghur_state_park/

http://www.hotel.com.au/guides/guides.asp?id=9012271&state=VIC®ion=Murray&cat=ATTRACTION

http://www.travelmate.com.au/Places/Places.asp?TownName=Kerang_%5C_VIC

http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/VIC/kerang.html

http://www.trevorstravels.com/reedy-lake-ibis-rookery-kerang-victoria-part-2/

http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/EA9630177.htm

http://www.gannawarra.vic.gov.au/Page/Page.asp?Page_Id=287&h=1

http://www.travelcentre.com.au/travel/airshows/Australian_museums/lake_boga_catalina_museum.htm
 
http://www.travelvictoria.com.au/swanhill/
 
http://www.pioneersettlement.com.au/
 
http://www.swanhill.vic.gov.au/gallery/index.html 

http://www.gamebirds.com.au/index.htm
 
http://www.murrayriver.com.au/regions/swanhill/default.htm 
 
http://www.smh.com.au/news/Victoria/Swan-Hill/2005/02/17/1108500207436.html
 
http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/vic/Beverford/TyntynderHomestead/19122
 
http://www.pacificislandtravel.com/australia/victoria/swanhill.asp
 
http://www.aussieweb.com.au/details.aspx?id=2174127
 
http://www.aussiepubs.com.au/pubs/kyalite/index.htm
 
http://www.balranald.nsw.gov.au/about/1088/1091.html
 
http://www.nationmaster.com/encyclopedia/Condoulpe%2C-New-South-Wales
 
http://www.balranald.nsw.gov.au/about/1077/1083.html
 
http://www.theage.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Balranald/2005/02/17/1108500192609.html
 
http://www.australianexplorer.com/balranald.htm
 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/12/07/2112853.htm
 
http://www.theage.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Balranald/2005/02/17/1108500192609.html
 
http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/NSW/penarie.html
 
http://www.rangelands-australia.com.au/05_rangelandChampions.html
 
http://www.publish.csiro.au/paper/RJ9850103.htm
 
http://balranald.local-e.nsw.gov.au/about/1085.html
 
http://mungolodge.com.au/
 
http://www.lmd.cma.nsw.gov.au/pdf/LMDCMA_Catchment_Map.pdf
 
http://landholders.tripod.com/id98.htm
 
http://www.wentworth.nsw.gov.au/maps/showmap.php?map=shire-map.png&txt=Shire%20Map
 
http://www.wentworth.nsw.gov.au/contact.php
 
http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/NSWPooncarie.shtml
 
http://www.visitmildura.com.au/pooncarie.html
 
http://www.pooncarie-p.schools.nsw.edu.au/
 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/18/2220572.htm
 
http://www.heritage.nsw.gov.au/07_subnav_02_2.cfm?itemid=5056694
 
http://editorial.australiangeographic.com.au/promo.aspx?p=1
 
http://ruralorg.com.au/casestudies.htm
 
http://www.aussieweb.com.au/details.aspx?id=1317485
 
http://www.bindarastation.com/bindara.htm
 
http://www.abc.net.au/landline/content/2006/s1872417.htm
 
http://www.theage.com.au/news/National/Fossil-human-footprints-found-in-NSW/2005/12/22/1135032114158.html
 
http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/the-runners-of-20000bc/2005/12/21/1135032083655.html
 
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/australiaandthepacific/australia/1506198/Fossil-footprints-step-out-of-20%2C000-year-past.html
 
http://www.visitnsw.com/town/Pooncarie.aspx
 
http://www.murrayriver.com.au/regions/mildura/mungo.htm
 
http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/151747/Darling-River
 
http://www.outbackonline.net/RiverLife.htm
 
http://www.socialstudiesforkids.com/articles/geography/murraydarlingriver.htm
 
http://www.news.com.au/dailytelegraph/story/0,22049,23043744-5013605,00.html
 
http://www.abc.net.au/water/stories/s1952305.htm
 
http://www.classicreader.com/read.php/bookid.741/sec.1/
 
http://rivermurray.com/about-the-murray/murray-darling-basin/
 
http://www.atns.net.au/agreement.asp?EntityID=1337
 
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/conservation/KinchegaNPCmp.htm
 
http://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel/nsw/livingoutback/brokenhill/attractions/gardens/kinchega-national-park
 
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/NationalParks/parkHome.aspx?id=N0017
 
http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Menindee/2005/02/17/1108500197639.html
 
http://www.centraldarling.nsw.gov.au/about/1000/1008.html
 
http://www.centraldarling.nsw.gov.au/about/1000/3056.html
 
http://www.centraldarling.nsw.gov.au/about/1000/3057.html
 
http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~surreal/NSWW/Hotels/hotels-menindee.html
 
http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/NSWMenindee.shtml
 
http://www.lmd.cma.nsw.gov.au/pdf/mr(131)ScarsdaleCommunityForum23August2007.pdf
 
http://www.lg.elections.nsw.gov.au/AddressesRegister/Extracted%202008-01-04/UNINCORPORATED_AREA_NSW.txt
 
http://www.gdaypubs.com.au/NSW/little+topar.html
 
http://www.emushop.com/park2.html
 
http://bluegumpictures.com.au/collections/australia_newsouthwales_outback_mutawintjinationalparkandhistoricsite/australia_newsouthwales_outback_mutawintjinationalparkandhistoricsite035.php
 
http://www.packsaddleroadhouse.com.au/
 
http://www.visitbrokenhill.com.au/accom_result1/packsaddle-roadhouse/
 
http://www.australiaadventures.com/cornercountry.htm
 
http://www.visitnsw.com/town/Broken_Hill/Mutawintji_National_Park/info.aspx
 
http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Broken-Hill/2005/02/17/1108500192884.html
 
http://www.stretcher.org/projects/editors/2002/amy_aboriginal/aboriginal.html
 
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/comanagement/MutawintjiReturnToAboriginalOwnership.htm
 
http://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel/nsw/livingoutback/brokenhill/attractions/gardens/mutawintji-national
 
http://www.teachingheritage.nsw.edu.au/d_reshaping/reconciliation_meta2.html
 
http://www.atns.net.au/agreement.asp?EntityID=1364
 
http://www.outbacknsw.com.au/Sturt's%20Steps.htm 
 
http://www.outbacknsw.com.au/Milparinka.htm
 
http://www.visitnsw.com/town/Milparinka.aspx
 
http://www.milparinka.com/Milparinka022002/mpk_default.htm
 
http://www.australianexplorer.com/milparinka.htm
 
http://www.communitybuilders.nsw.gov.au/rural_regional/programs/mpka.html
 
http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Milparinka/2005/02/17/1108500197654.html
 
http://www.barrierminer.com.au/article.php?article=726
 
http://www.outbacknsw.com.au/tibooburra.htm
 
http://www.milparinka.com/Milparinka022002/mpk_default.htm
 
http://www.tibooburra.org/
 
http://www.2docstock.com/4-17-00/tiboo.html
 
http://www.visitnsw.com/town/Tibooburra.aspx
 
http://www.tibooburra-d.schools.nsw.edu.au/index.htm
 
http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_19960203/ai_n14026734/pg_2
 
http://www.smh.com.au/news/New-South-Wales/Tibooburra/2005/02/17/1108500199563.html
 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2006/12/11/1808757.htm
 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/01/22/1831139.htm
 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/01/23/1832072.htm
 
http://www.amonline.net.au/ahu/keep/keep05.htm
 
http://www.hotfrog.com.au/Companies/Marrapina-Station
 
http://www.schools.nsw.edu.au/schoollibraries/listserv/binnabinnaman04/msg00010.html
 
http://www.geocities.com/willyame2001/page50.html
 
http://www.lighthorse.org.au/Pershist/carroll.htm
 
http://www.outbacknsw.com.au/pincally.htm
 
http://www.outbacknsw.com.au/pimpara_lake.htm
 
http://www.lighthorse.org.au/Pershist/carroll.htm
 
http://your.pages.com.au/outbackqld/accommodation/page9060126/#BookmarkTop
 
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/heritage/index.cgi?place=601073&back=1
 
http://www.outbacknsw.com.au/sturt_national_park.htm
 
www.nationalparks.nsw.gov.au


http://www.outbackbeds.com.au/members_directory.html
 
http://www.outbacknsw.com.au/mt_wood_historic_homestead_on_st.htm
 
http://www.naturaltechnology.com.au/projects.html
 
http://mc2.vicnet.net.au/home/pmackett/nswmartin.html
 
http://www.australiaadventures.com/cornercountry.htm
 
http://www.totaltravel.com.au/travel/nsw/livingoutback/brokenhill/attractions/gardens/sturt-national-park/details/
 
http://australia.shopsafe.com.au/attraction/stopover/scendrvwlk/new_south_wales/corner_country/tibooburra/sturt_national_park/attraction.htm
 
http://www.visitnsw.com/town/Tibooburra/Sturt_National_Park/info.aspx
 
http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/nsw/Tibooburra/SturtNationalPark/7528
 
http://www.theage.com.au/news/South-Australia/And-in-the-wet-corner-/2005/02/14/1108229917590.html
 
http://www.outbacknsw.com.au/cameron_corner.htm
 
http://www.outbacknsw.com.au/cameron_corner_store.htm
 
http://www.openroad.com.au/travel_camping_cornercountry.asp
 
http://www.theage.com.au/news/south-australia/innamincka/2005/02/17/1108500204302.html
 
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/heritage/index.cgi?place=601073&back=1
 
http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/destinations/outback-and-country/burke-and-wills-dig-tree/index.cfm
 
http://www.aussieheritage.com.au/listings/qld/Nappamerry%20Station%20via%20Thargomindah/DigTreeReserve/508
 
http://www.environment.sa.gov.au/parks/sanpr/coongielakes/index.html
 
http://www.wilderness.org.au/articles/coongie-lakes
 
http://www.postcards.sa.com.au/features/coongie_lakes.html
 
http://www.outdoorssa.com.au/Feature%20Stories/Coongie%20Lake.htm
 
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/publications/series/paper4/chc.html
 
http://www.overlander.com.au/destinations/index/full/58/Coongie-Lakes
 
http://www.desertfishes.org/australia/habitats/lakes/lakesgen.shtml
 
http://www.southaustralia.com/InnaminckaCoongieLakes.aspx
 
http://www.outbackmag.com.au/stories/article-view?227
 
http://your.pages.com.au/outbackqld/accommodation/page9060126/#BookmarkTop
 
http://www.outbackholidays.info/places_to_visit/index.cfm?action=detail&productid=9001225
 
http://www.cqhistory.com/wiki/pmwiki.php/People/AndresMurrayII
 
http://www.australianexplorer.com/betoota.htm
 
http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/destinations/outback/places-to-visit/betoota/
 
http://www.be2ta.com/
 
http://www.diamantina.qld.gov.au/attractions/history.shtml
 
http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDBirdsville.shtml
 
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/projects/park/index.cgi?parkid=178
 
http://www.qmas.com.au/article/2005/11/28/114_clear_sales.php3
 
http://www.romagnola.com.au/pages/carriedownsromagnolastud/
 
http://www.socata.eads.net/1024/en/news/press/2006/Hidden/TBM%20Australia%20Beef%20Producer.html
 
http://www.ferret.com.au/n/Selwyn-hits-expansion-trail-n729728
 
http://www.theajmonline.com/informaoz/ajm/home.jsp?var_el=archart&art_id=1006440919362&seqnum=177
 
http://www.mountisa.biz/history/selwyn.php
 
http://whsc.emory.edu/_pubs/en/2004spring/feature_jewel.html
 
http://www.outbacknow.com.au/index.php?module=pagesetter&func=viewpub&tid=2&pid=63
 
http://www.boulia.qld.gov.au/
 
http://www.walkabout.fairfax.com.au/locations/QLDBoulia.shtml
 
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s818193.htm
 
http://www.owlpages.com/articles.php?section=Product+Reviews&title=Min+Min
 
http://www.queenslandholidays.com.au/destinations/outback/places-to-visit/boulia/
 
http://www.ritas-outback-guide.com/Boulia.html
 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/05/17/2247937.htm
 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/06/22/1958723.htm
 
http://www.slq.qld.gov.au/oh/treasures/timewalks/other/cloncurry/post
 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/04/01/2204495.htm
 
http://www.heritagetrails.qld.gov.au/attractions/cloncurry.html
 
http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/news/queensland/water-to-be-trucked-to-cloncurry/2008/08/28/1219516622738.html
 
http://www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au/business/business_accommodationmeals.shtml
 
 http://www.cloncurry.qld.gov.au/community/community_waterrestrictions.shtml
 
http://www.avianweb.com/cloncurryparrots.html
 
http://www.railmaps.com.au/stationdetails.php?StationSelect=893
 
http://www.traveltrain.com.au:80/2/experience_traveltrain/queensland_trains/the_inlander/overview.asp
 
http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDJuliaCreek.shtml
 
http://www.micrrh.jcu.edu.au/Our-Region/julia-creek.html
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/One-room_school
 
http://www.environment.gov.au/biodiversity/threatened/publications/tsd05julia-creek-dunnart.html
 
http://www.animalinfo.org/species/smindoug.htm
 
http://www.epa.qld.gov.au/nature_conservation/wildlife/threatened_plants_and_animals/endangered/julia_creek_dunnart/
 
http://outbackholidays.info/places_to_visit/index.cfm?action=detail&productid=9001254
 
http://mountisa.yourguide.com.au/news/local/news/general/julia-creek-on-road-to-solving-petrol-shortage/287606.aspx
 
http://www.dirtndust.com/index.htm#
 
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/story/0,20867,20730793-643,00.html
 
http://www.ruralmanagementpartners.com.au/
 
http://www.carpentaria.qld.gov.au/
 
http://www.carpentaria.qld.gov.au/visitors/Normanton.shtml
 
http://www.carpentaria.qld.gov.au/visitors/Karumba.shtml
 
http://www.savannah-guides.com.au/page2-4.html
 
http://www.smh.com.au/news/queensland/normanton/2005/02/17/1108500203650.html
 
http://www.walkabout.com.au/locations/QLDNormanton.shtml
 
http://www.theage.com.au/news/Queensland/Karumba/2005/02/17/1108500203462.html
 
http://www.atn.com.au/qld1/farnorth/qld_a3.html
 
http://www.environment.gov.au/soe/2001/publications/technical/marine-disturbance/indicator4.html
 
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0411/feature5/index.html
 
http://www.airwaysmuseum.com/Karumba%20Aeradio%201.htm
 
 
More information about Australian Aboriginal culture:
 
http://www.dreamtime.net.au/dreaming/index.htm
 
http://www.gadimirrabooka.com/gadi-mirrabooka.php
 
http://www.sacred-texts.com/pac/om/om25.htm
 
http://www.amonline.net.au/ahu/keep/keep05.htm
 
http://www.atn.com.au/aboriginal/index.html
 
http://www.dnathan.com/VL/austLang.htm
 
 
Some famous Australian songs:
 

 

 

 
http://www.carpentaria.qld.gov.au/visitors/TrackersQuaters.shtml
 
http://www.country.com.au/
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_country_music
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slim_Dusty
 
http://www.lyricsdownload.com/slim-dusty-a-pub-with-no-beer-lyrics.html
 
http://lyricsplayground.com/index.html
 
http://www.ritas-outback-guide.com/TheOutback.html
 
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/t/themanfromsnowyriver.shtml
 
http://lyricsplayground.com/alpha/songs/w/waltzingmatilda.shtml
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Banjo_Paterson
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waltzing_Matilda
 
http://www.middlemiss.org/lit/authors/patersonab/poetry/clancy.html
 
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/0408/feature1/index.html
 
http://www.nla.gov.au/epubs/waltzingmatilda/1-Origins.html
 
 
More about the Burke & Wills expedition:
 
http://www.burkeandwills.net.au/index.htm
 
http://www.wilmap.com.au/burkwill.html
 
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/bwinfo.htm
 
http://victoria.slv.vic.gov.au/burkeandwills/index.html
 
http://www.burkeandwills.org/
 
http://www.nla.gov.au/epubs/wills/pages/intro10.html
 
http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au/afghans.htm
 
 
Camels in Australia:
 
http://www.camelsaust.com.au/
 
www.treehugger.com/files/2008/12/eat-camel-protect-australian-deserts.php
 
http://www.austcamel.com.au/informn.htm
 
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2008/12/10/2442312.htm
 
http://www.camelphotos.com/camels_australia.html
 
http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/camels-australia.html
 
http://nqr.farmonline.com.au/news/nationalrural/agribusiness-and-general/general/camel-plague-threatens-pastoral-industry/1381547.aspx?storypage=0
 
http://www.feral.org.au/content/species/camel.cfm
 
http://www.samemory.sa.gov.au/site/page.cfm?u=398
 
http://www.lowyinterpreter.org/post/2008/05/Australia-not-yet-exploiting-the-camel-boom.aspx
 
http://www.burkeandwills.net.au/Camels/Introducing_Camels_Into_Australia.htm
 
http://news.sky.com/skynews/Home/World-News/Eat-Camels-To-Protect-Environment-Australia-Told-By-Desert-Knowledge-Cooperative-Research-Centre/Article/200812215175327
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Australian_feral_camel
 
http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/science-and-research/animal-research/feral-camels-in-western-australia.html
 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4485105.stm
 
http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00128/en/camels/history_light.htm
 
 
More information about Australian climate:
 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Australia
 
http://www.climatechange.com.au/
 
http://www.wwf.org.au/ourwork/climatechange/
 
http://www.climatecamp.org.au/2008/jul/13/time-action-people-take-action-halt-coal-exports
 
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/news/opinion/editorial/general/australia-can-lead-way-on-climate/1264140.aspx
 
http://www.youthclimatecoalition.blogspot.com/
 
http://www.voanews.com/english/2008-09-05-voa15.cfm
 
http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/australias-climate-record-a-poor-joke-20080831-46d0.html?page=-1
 
http://www.diamantina-tour.com.au/outback_info/great_artesian_basin/gab_index.htm
 
http://www.terradaily.com/reports/Global_warming_could_make_Australias_outback_tougher_study_999.html
 
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ahead/temps_ahead.shtml
 
http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/ahead/rain_ahead.shtml
 
http://www.csmonitor.com/2006/1120/p01s04-woap.html
 
 
Australian animals:
http://www.divethereef.com/Guides/AboutCrocs.asp
 
http://www.convictcreations.com/animals/dingo.htm
 
http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/emu.htm
 
http://www.convictcreations.com/animals/flies.htm
 
http://www.outback-australia-travel-secrets.com/australian_snakes.html
 
http://www.convictcreations.com/animals/snakes.htm
 
http://www.venomsupplies.com/General.php
 
http://members.iinet.net.au/~bush/myth.html
 
http://www.environment.nsw.gov.au/plantsanimals/Snakes.htm
 
 
Road trains:
 
http://www.arta.org.au/
 
http://www.etrucker.com/apps/news/article.asp?id=27086