AN OUTBACK VENTURE.
SEARCH FOR LASSETER’S ' REEF.
EXPEDITION ATTACKED BY BLACKS. . ,j» SYDN EV, June 18. ~ . from Alice Springs says air which .♦4 for Lasseter’s Reef was attaeken by aborigines at Mount Burley, nine miles from Lasseter’s grave. The aeroplane party built a rude shel J w< “ awaiting the arrival of the gound party when natives appeared with spears, and the expedition members opened fire with their revolvers lilv thT 6 « tacks were ™ade, and finally the natives were repulsed During one sortie a member of the expmS narrowly escaped being clubbed.
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Wairarapa Age, 19 June 1936, Page 5
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92AN OUTBACK VENTURE. Wairarapa Age, 19 June 1936, Page 5
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