ERNEST GILES.
Ernest Giles was born in Bristol, England, in 1835. Ernest finished school in London. Giles was a member of the Victorian Gold. After a spell being a clerk in Melboune he went to N.S.W for a Outback Inquiry. He explored the Gibson Desert, in Alice Spring [ Northern Territory.] He explored Kalgoorie. He started Geraldton. Ernest Giles went through the Central part of the desert. He named the Gibson Desert after his friend died. Then he got 22 camels to go from Adelaide to Perth. Ernest Giles found a salt water creek that was no use because you can't drink salt water.
Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt believed that the continent held an inland sea.In 1844 Sturt set out to search for the inland sea with fifteen men, thirty bullocks, eleven horses and sheep to provide food.
Months of travelling brought him to Mount Poole which Sturt named after his second command James Poole. Summer came and the party was forced under shelter. There was a good supply of water. Five months they waited for rain. During the wait James Poole suffered from scurvy. He died while being sent back for treatment.
In 1845 the party travelled again. The party headed north-west and found it harsh and dry,consisting largely of sand ridges. He named it Stony Desert.
Aboriginal People of the desert
Aboriginal people have lived in the desert for thousands of years. They have survived by digging for water and killing animals. They marked hidden water places with cairns of stones. They ate fruit, nectar, kangaroos, lizards, snakes, ants and other bush tucker foods.
They hunted with many weapons.
Weapons That Aboriginals Use include!!!!.
| Boomerangs Spears Blades Stone Axes |
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