Curlew Legacy by Don Douglas They worked from Blanchwater to

They worked from Blanchwater to Mt Hopeless then the Cobbler Sand Hills then following the Strzelecki Creek to Innamincka ending up in the Cooper Basin

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her crew ravaged by disease and starvation

He leads them a merry chase through crocodile-infested swamps

Curlew Legacy by Don Douglas They worked from Blanchwater to280 page Paperback ISBN: 978 0 6459925 1 9 Early in the twentieth century Kalgoorlie gold miner Ben McDonald forms a mining partnership with his London based brother Henry. Henry is also involved in military intelligence, as is his son Ben Abdul. During WWII they recruit Bens son Eric into that work. Eric already has a string of Top End cattle stations funded by diamond sales from the Ord River and he later registers exploration leases over that area.