David Wynford Carnegie

David Wynford Carnegie
David Carnegie was an Australian explorer and author, best known for his expeditions into the interior of Western Australia. He led a challenging journey from Coolgardie to the Gibson Desert in 1896, covering over 2,000 miles. Carnegie documented his experiences in his book "Spinifex and Sand," which provides a vivid account of the hardships faced by him and his team in the harsh, arid environment. His explorations contributed significantly to the mapping of Australia's remote regions, but he died at the young age of 29 while prospecting in Nigeria.

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CHAPTER I Early Days In The Colony In the month of September, 1892, Lord Percy Douglas (now Lord Douglas of Hawick) and I, found ourselves steaming into King George's Sound—that magnificent harbour on the south-west coast of Western Australia—building castles in the air, discussing our prospects, and making rapid and vast imaginary fortunes in the gold-mines of that newly-discovered land of... more...