Plan of the Salt Lake expedition
Great sandy deserts Sufferings from thirst Ogden's River Trails and smoke of lurking savages Thefts at night A trapper's revenge Alarms of a guilty conscience A murderous victory Californian mountains Plains along the Pacific Arrival at Monterey Account of the place and neighborhood Lower California Its extent The Peninsula Soil Climate Production Its settlements by the Jesuits Their sway over the Indians Their expulsion Ruins of a missionary establishment Sublime scenery Upper California Missions Their power and policy Resources of the country Designs of foreign nations
Nicole Ma spent over ten years with Tom 'Putuparri' Lawford and the Wangkajunga, documenting their travels between the township of Fitzroy Crossing and Kurtal, an Aboriginal sacred site in Western Australia's
Great Sandy Desert.
The deal with Antipa could spell the beginning of Rio's search for more world-class gold/copper ore bodies in Newcrest's backyard, given Citadel's proximity to mineral rich Telfer mines in Paterson province in the
Great Sandy Desert.
The Kintyre project is located 60 km south of Telfer and 260 km northeast of Newman at the western edge of the
Great Sandy Desert in the East Pilbara region.
It passes through the
Great Sandy Desert, the Gibson Desert and the Outback.
Known on cartographic charts as Lake Gregory, it is the only co-ordinated drainage system that flows from the east Kimberley into the expansive linear dune fields of the
Great Sandy Desert.
I've watched hundreds of impala bounding away from lions on the savannah of Botswanan Africa, and flocks of white corellas roosting at dusk in copses of gum trees at the edge of the
Great Sandy Desert in Western Australia, and I have had no doubt in those moments that, with patience and tutoring, I would learn to distinguish one animal from another.
In 1999 Alaskan fire fighter Robert Bogucki ventured into the outback of the
Great Sandy Desert to "make peace with God," and after getting lost survived by drinking river water and eating plants and flowers.
Under a star speckled sky the animals of the
Great Sandy Desert appear to be trying to hide from the dingo who is walking towards them licking his lips how will it turn out when the dingo confronts the animals?
This includes Fitzroy River floodplains and the Northern
Great Sandy Desert.
The Lake Mackay Regional Project Area lies on the eastern side of the
Great Sandy Desert, has little outcrop and comprises sandy cover including sand dunes.
True Stories: Contact in the Outback (Tuesday, More 4, 10pm) is more sober viewing but it's the true story of how, in 1964, scientists sent into Australia's
Great Sandy Desert found a community of Aboriginals living traditionally with no contact with the outside world.
