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We none of us ate any salt meat or anything that would tend to give us a thirst We are now on what is called the Table land a flat piece of country on the top of a very high mountain We are now in unexplored country where no white man has been before so it is uncertain when we may see water agaon So reads part of the entry in Caroline Creaghe s diary for Monday 23 April 1883 By that time as the sole female member of an exploring party she was already well acquainted with the privations and harshness of travel in Australia s north Ahead lay territory unknown to Europeans as well as numerous tests of endurance strength and courage Creaghe s diary published here in full for the first time is one of the most remarkable documents of Australian exploration written by one of the rarest of explorers a woman The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe ExplorerHaving previously watched the series Top of Down Under helped to envision the ruralness of this work s terrain which remains virtually unchanged Being than just a diary this work s introduction lays its foundation and places numerous stepping stones of history down that assist the reader with interesting and clarifying background information including the possibility that according to the memoir of Eliza Davies who took part in a different exploratory expedition I heard a conversation between high officials from which I learned that a policy of taking ladies with them and bringing all back in safety would ensure a readier sale of land in England Capitalists would not fear the savages when ladies had traversed the country in safety. The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe, explorerfacebook Thirst fatigue knocked up horses Aboriginal Corroborating and highlight this diary A nice Appendix and Afterward along with Poetry and recipes add their own flavor to the final portions of this work Other works that may be of interest to you Among cannibals an account of four years travels in Australia and of camp life with the aborigines of Queensland by Carl Sofus Lumholtz Norwegian Anthropologist Ethnographer Daisy Bates The Passing of the Aborigines 1938 Explorations in Australia The Journals of John McDouall Stuart During the Years 1858 1859 1860 1861 and 1862 When He Fixed the Centre of the Continent and Successfully Crossed It from Sea to Sea Free HERE The Diary of Emily Caroline Creaghe Explorer