DISCOVERY OF REMAINS.
NO DEFINITE MAP KINGS. Received August 29, 1.35 p.m. ADELAIDE, Aug. 29. Dr Grenfell Price, leader of the expedition to the Simpson Desert, says that there is noticing to indicate that the remains found by the expedition are those of the Leichhardt Party.
On August 2 it was reported that the remains of eight human beings, found in Central Australia, were believed to be those of Leichhardt’s exploring expedition of 1848. This annnouncement was made by Sir George Ritchie (Chief Secretary), in the Legislative Assembly at Adelaide. On Thursday last a .message from Oodnadatta (Central Australia) stated that a small expedition had found old coins and other relics after excavation on the site where the members of the Leichhardt expedition were thought to have perished. The coins were a threepenny piece, dated 1841, and a George 111 half-sovereign, dated 1817. A much corroded iron packsaddle ring, an iron tent peg, the remains of a fire, and the crown of a human tooth were also unearthed.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 231, 29 August 1938, Page 8
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168DISCOVERY OF REMAINS. Manawatu Standard, Volume LVIII, Issue 231, 29 August 1938, Page 8
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