THE KIMBERLEY GOLDFIELD,

Taranaki Herald, Volume XXXV, Issue 7118, 16 July 1886, Page 2

THE KIMBERLEY GOLDFIELD,

PARTICULARS RESPECTING TUE COUNTRY. Some interesting information haa been ' obtained rehtivo lo tlu Kimberley goldfields ami the rival routes to tho diggings. Mr. Durack, who lias a station on the Ord River, on the bouniary o£ tho Northern Territory, was tiio only p.issengor by tho steamer Gambior which anived at Adelai to on July 2nd, an 1 by which ho ha I returned from Cambridge Gulf. He says: j— 1 \v\iß over tho uigs'ngs about fo.ir years a.?o wlieu I was cxploiiug. I wuh then so sitMiiul with the country that I stinted stocking at once. I went up to Pert U irDirw in and chartered a schooner to land men and horsi s at Cambridge* Gulf. I was tho first to land there. I have- not been lo tin fluids recently. 1 saw pirtiea coining up by Un-> new unite iruin CutnbiiJge Gulf, and they were cv-jriencin^ no difficulty whatever. There is a. road 1 now. lam now of opinion that tho Kimberley goldiiflds will bo the largest known in Australia, aud most important. I baso that opinion upon interviews I havo had with the diggeis. and lVjin information received fio n -Ah 1 . O'Donuell. I do not recommend nun going before tho wet seat-on; they bhonld not arrive at Cambridge Gulf till November, because thero is no water in the bac v country.

On June 14, Mr. O'Donuell (old mo at Canibiklgo Gulf ho luJ left between 30 aud 40 men on the giound, but thera must be quite 1000 on the way. A party of 500 landed at C.unbri-Jgo Gulf, aud they collected £50 umon^bl t'j em helves, with w.iich they puU Mr. O'Doanell to lead them by hia new route. The sleamer Yictorhhiul tu lived >\ ith 20Q more cUggenj,

who would probably follow thorn ; the bulk of the men catno from Queensland and New South Wales. A good line of route has been lntely found by Mesers, O'Donnell and M'Pliee, from Windbam township, now surveyed at Cambridge Gulf, under Ihstion Hill, to tho very centre of the gold-fields iv the vicinity ol Elvire River (so named, I think, by Mr. O'Donnell). This makes the distance about 220 miles over a country which i« well-supplied with both grass and water. During tho six weeks preceding Juno 14, I travelled over a considerable portion ol this route, and hence I am üblo to confirm tho very favourable- report given of it by Mr. O'Donnell. The difference to be gained by landing at Cambridge Gulf must bo quite 130 miles. As 1o lunding at Derby, I might mention that even small craft have to be anchored quite two miles from the chore, whereas at Windham tho Albany anchored within a short distiinco of the landing place, and tho Gnmbier and the Afghan discharged men, horses, and general cargo about 200 yards from shore. The latter vessel landed, on Juno 14, 100 horses, besides a larce quantity of cargo inj good condition. With reference to tho fever, several persons have been living at Cambridgo Gulf since last October, but no case of fever has yet occurred. On some of tho stations about the Ord River, about 140 miles inland, there are men who have been living for the last two years. Their experience as to fever is the same ; there is no sickness at all. When the full circumstances of the case are known, I think all will admit that Cambridge gulf is tho best port from which to proceed to tho goldfields, and that it is by far the most direct and easiest routo to travel. Stores are as cheap at Cambridge Gulf as at Port Darwin, and are supplied from the eastern colonies by the Government Resident (Mr. Price), who has now arrived at Windham. The only drawback is that they have to go about three miles for fresh water. The Ord is navigable for flat-bottomed boats for about 40 miles. I took up my land for a year at 10a. per 1000 acres, which is a very stiff price. 1 saw the Surveyor-General of Western Australia before leaving Cambridge Gulf. He was there at the time, and during a conversation I had with him he told me that next year the Government intended reducing the rent one-half in the case of those who had slocked land, and to extend their leases to 28 years. I think it will be a grand country for breeding horses for the Indian market. I am trying to get all the mares there I can with the object in view. I have already 200 on the station at the present time. My Btation is in Western Australia, but it extends for 70 miles into the Northern Territory. I sent a party from Queensland with GOOO head of cattle, and it took them two years and four months to reach the station. We had heavy losses on the way and only 4000 head arrived. I have just been inspecting them, and the stock are rolling in very fat. The grasses are magnificent, beiag of the Queensland blue and Mitchell's varieties. There are the usual bushes on which cattle feed. There are also plenty of game, timber, and stone.

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