y separately published work icon Gillen's Diary : The Camp Jottings of F. J. Gillen on the Spencer and Gillen Expedition Across Australia, 1901-1902 single work   diary  
Issue Details: First known date: 1968... 1968 Gillen's Diary : The Camp Jottings of F. J. Gillen on the Spencer and Gillen Expedition Across Australia, 1901-1902
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Contents

* Contents derived from the Adelaide, South Australia,:Libraries Board of South Australia , 1968 version. Please note that other versions/publications may contain different contents. See the Publication Details.
Camp at Barrow Creek, F. J. Gillen , extract diary
The author describes the attack and killing of staff at the Barrow Creek Telegraph Station by Aborigines in 1874. Includes Geoffrey Crabthorn's poem 'The Last Message'.
 (p. 107-109)
The Last Messagei"There's a threadlike creek in a stony bed,", Geoffry Crabthorn , single work poetry (p. 109)
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