Spinifex and Sand

David Wynford Carnegie (1871-1900) was an explorer who was awarded the Gill Medal of the Royal Geographical Society, publishing Spinifex and Sand in 1898.

• Introduction Part 1: early days in Coolgardie1. Early days in the colony2. 'Hard up'3. A miner on Bayley's Part 2: first prospecting expedition1. The rush to Kurnalpi - we reach Queen Victoria Spring2. The unknown country3. From Mount Shenton to Mount Margaret Part 3: second prospecting expedition1. The joys of portable condensers2. Granite rocks, 'namma-holes,' and 'soaks'3. A fresh start4. A camel fight5. Gold at Lake DarlÃ't6. Alone in the bush7. Sale of mine Part 4: mining1. Quartz reefing and dry-blowing Part 5: the outward journey1. Previous explorers in the interior of Western Australia2. Members and equipment of expedition3. The journey begins4. We enter the desert5. Water at last6. Woodhouse Lagoon7. The great undulating desert of gravel8. A desert tribe9. Dr Leichhardt's lost expedition10. The desert of parallel sand-ridges11. From Family Well to Helena Spring12. Helena Spring13. From Helena Spring to the Southesk Tablelands14. Death of Stansmore15. Wells Exploring Expedition16. Kimberley17. Aboriginals at Hall's Creek18. Preparations for the return journeyAppendix to part 5: some native weapons and ceremonial implements Part 6: the journey home1. Return journey begins2. Sturt Creek and 'Gregory's Salt Sea'3. Our camp on the 'Salt Sea'4. Desert once more5. Stansmore Range to Lake Macdonald6. Lake Macdonald to the deep rock-holes7. The last of the ridges of drift sand8. Woodhouse Lagoon revisited9. Across Lake Wells to Lake DarlÃ't10. The end of the expedition Appendix