Kimberley Surveying And Exploration Team Led By John Morgan

Summary

274174PD: Austin jeep like veyhicle loaded and with driver in bush. -- 274175PD: Portrait of unidentified man in bush setting. -- 274176PD: Portrait of unidentified man standing alongside Austin jeep like vehicle in bush setting. -- 274177PD: Rider on horse in tall grass. -- 274180PD: Unidentified man just visible standing behind saddled horse with pack donkeys, riders and horse in the background. -- 274181PD: Rider on horse with Aboriginal man and horses &donkeys behind him. -- 274184PD: Man with group of horses and donkeys in a bush setting. -- 274185PD: Similar to photo captioned "River Pool West of Palmoondoora". P. 23 of the Report. -- 274187PD: Bush scene. -- 274188PD: Riders on horses with pack donkeys on a grassy plain. -- 274189PD: Similar scene to photo captioned "Bed of Drysdale River. Sandstone Bluff in Background." p. 26. Unidentified rider on horse in foreground. -- 274190PD: Two unsaddled horses, riders on horses and pack donkeys descending a hill. -- 274191PD: One saddled and two unsaddled horses in rocky landscape. -- 274192PD: Donkeys and horses with and without packs in rocky landscape. -- 274193PD: Man and horse in river.A collection of photographs of the Kimberley region taken by Mr John Morgan during his time as a surveyor in the area. He wrote 'Report on Central North Kimberley Region' for the Dept of Lands and Surveys in 1955. The purpose of the expedition was to survey and classify the region from the Gibb River Station to the Kalumburu Mission at the mouth of the King Edward river. It was also to improve the track from Wyndham to Karunjie, to open a track from Karunjie to the Gibb River Station and to extend that track as far north as possible. The expedition was under the command of surveyor John F. Morgan and involved over 20 men. It actually reached Rago on the coast north of Kalumburu Mission and constructed about 420 miles of tracks.