Dear Jill, I don't know if you have found these references but they may be of use..... http://gutenberg.net.au/ausexplore/ausexpl3-app15.html http://www.gutenberg.net/etext04/7hstr10.txt The Project Gutenberg EBook of The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888, by Ernest Favenc Chapter 20 <<abbreviated>> John Forrest's journeys --Camel expedition by Giles--The Brisbane Courier expedition--Further explorations--Stockdale at Cambridge Gulf--Carr-Boyd and O'Donnell open good country in Western Australia--Work done by explorers--Their characteristics--Conclusion. http://members.iinet.net.au/~perthdps/books/indx0036.htm http://tinyurl.com/ywfzv http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an6054553 http://www.prm.ox.ac.uk/australia.html R.F. Wilkins donated this knife with a blade of flaked, recycled glass and gum handle and its paper-bark sheath to the Museum in 1900. It was collected by Harry Stockdale during an expedition to the Port Essington and Alligator River regions in the Northern Territory in 1891. Stockdale was an artist who made extensive sketches of Aboriginal people, objects and kept detailed diaries of his journeys as well as writing a manuscript (unpublished) about Aboriginal people. His most thoroughly documented field trips were made to the northern region of Western Australia, the Kimberleys, in 1884-85 and 1885-86. His illustrated notebooks from these trips give meticulously detailed accounts of the flora and fauna, the weather and descriptions of Aboriginal people. There are lots of references to Harry Stocdales works: http://catalogue.nla.gov.au/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?DB=local&PAGE=First or shortcut to catalogue: http://tinyurl.com/397yd put ...... harry + stockdale .......... in the box, then press search. I presume you were the one who supplied information about Ned & the family on this page: http://tinyurl.com/2otaw Cheers, Tony Moore @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ ----- Original Message ----- From: Nelson & Livingstone <panjil@bigpond.net.au> Date: Saturday, April 3, 2004 10:46 am Subject: [NSW-W] Harry Stockdale > Hi List > I have come across a poem about my ancestor, Ned Warmoll, > entitled, Kangaroo Ned, by Harry Stockdale. Anyone know anything > about this Harry Stockdale. A quick look on the internet gives > hints that he might be an explorer or something to do with the > Overland Telegraph. Can anyone fill in any details? > > Thanks > Jill > > > ==== AUS-NSW-WEST Mailing List ==== > To read previous messages to this list, for at least the last > twelve months, go to: > http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/AUS-NSW-WEST/ > >