ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS FROM BILL GANNON
To the many people whose interest and support underpinned this project, I give
thanks. Some, but not all, are now listed:
Fieldwork
Rod Schlencker, surveyor, resourceful and generous companion; Dr Glen McLaren
for his three volume 1993 field notes identifying Leichhardt’s 1844-1845 route and
most of that expedition’s 309 campsites.
Governments
Local Governments (Banana Shire Council, Central Highlands Regional Council,
ChartersTowers Regional Council, Carpentaria Shire Council, Burke Shire Council)
and the Regional Arts Development Fund; Queensland Government; Northern
Territory Government; Australian Department of Foreign Affairs andTrade; Stadt
Cottbus (Mayor’s Office) Germany.
Institutions
NSW State Library – Mitchell Library; NorthernTerritory Library; Northern
Territory Archives; Queensland and NorthernTerritory National Parks; Birds
Australia (Capricornia Branch); Queensland Museum; Royal Geographic Society of
Queensland; Aboriginal Land Councils – NT Northern, Carpentaria, CapeYork, Qld
Northern, Qld South andWestern NativeTitle Service; German Embassy Canberra
and Consulates in Sydney and Brisbane.
Artists
Di McIntyre and Libby Raleigh(Jimbour Station to north of Chincilla); Barbara
Hancock (Taroom); Sarah Larsen (Taroom, Robinson Creek and Gorges to
Rolleston); Sharon Kirk, Kathy Hawkins, Chris Kirby, Del O'Neill, Karen Newman,
HeatherWehl (from Brown’s Lagoon, along the Comet to the Peak Ranges); Jim
Arena (Peak Ranges, ChartersTowers), Maljah Cathy Snow and Margaret Sailor,
Normanton (East Gulf of Carpentaria); Reggie (BorroolaWest Gulf of Carpentaria),
Jason Benjamin (from Kakadu National Park to Cobourg Peninsula);Vicki Gannon;
Katherine Nix; and Frank Giacco.
Local Historians
Harold Rennick (Chincilla), Adam Clarke (Taroom),Trevor Kemp (Comet), Joe
Bridgeman (Peak Ranges), Jim Callcott (ChartersTowers),Tim Daniel (Valley of
Lagoons and Mitchell River).
Academics andWriters
Assoc. Prof Rod Fensham, Dr Darrell Lewis, Emeritus Professor Henry Nix, Dr Glen
McLaren, Dr Clem Fisher, Dr Steve Mullins, Dr Penny Olsen, John Bailey, Dr Greg
Paine, Dr Andrew Hurley and Colin James.
Property Owners/Managers
The many people on the land who agreed to site entry for campsite and route
verification as well as sketching and camping. In particular: Peter Hughes (Dunbar
Station); Mark Upton (Rutland Plains); Sharon and Rex Kirk (Meroo Station); Jack
O’Brien (near Normanton); AustralianWilderness Conservancy (Pungalina); and
Jim Atkinson (Greenvale).
Media
ABCTV – 7.30 Report teams in the NorthernTerritory (notably Alison Middleton) and
Queensland (notably MarlinaWhop), ABC Radio Jackie MacKay and David Lewis; and
journalist Kirsty McKenzie.
Exhibitions and Community Events
LeichhardtTown Hall Exhibition – Leichhardt Council, Sydney, in particular thanks
to BronwynTuohy, for her ideas and persistence, Consulate General of the Federal
Republic of Germany and ChameleonTouring Systems; Queensland Schools
Competition - Senator Sue Boyce and her great office; Dawson River Festival
Organizers;White Gum Gallery, Chincilla;ThreeTribes Gallery, Normanton Queensland.
This Publication andWebsites
Graham Cleary, sponsor and one of the most unassuming people I have met; Russell
Girle, who photographed work by Cathy Snow and Bill Gannon; Sandra Anastasi of
Creative Avenue for graphic design; Printcraft for printing; MattTesch of Masterhead
Design and Creative;Vicki Gannon for text, compilation and production.
Friends and Family
Bob Black (ecologist and my Ludwig Leichhardt model); Lorelle Campbell;Wal and
VictoriaWalker; Steve and Anne Bundred (from critiques to website to bubble wrap)
and others in the Byfield Community; David Kevin; Nick Alderson; Esthel Bridgeman;
Vaughan Becker; GaryWilkins; and Lorna Bishop.
Family near and far.Yes Mum I took enough food and water.Vicki, thanks heaps for
heaps!
Leichhardt and Companions
Thanks for your stories through diaries, maps and notations. Ludwig, wishing you a
happy 200th Birthday.
The main documents sourced for the project were:
Leichhardt, Ludwig“
Fieldbook of the Expedition to Port Essington
”Mitchell Library ML
C158. (Manuscript)
Leichhardt, Ludwig“
Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay
to Port Essington, a Distance of 3000 miles, During theYears 1844-45
”. See www.
ebooks.adelaide.ed.au
Gilbert, John“
Diary of the Port Essington Expedition 18 September 1844 to 28 June
1845
”Mitchell Library, Sydney A 2586
Phillips,William“
The Journal of One of the Party who Accompanied Dr Leichhardt
on his First (successful) Expedition to Port Essington
”, Mitchell Library, Sydney C165.
(Manuscript)
Mann, JM“
Eight Months with Dr Leichhardt inYears 1846-47
"Sydney,Turner and
Henderson 1888
McClaren, Glen – Fieldnotes accompanying his doctorial thesis which focused on
retracing Ludwig Leichhardt’s 1844-45 expedition, as held at the Royal Geographical
Society of Queensland (Brisbane)
Tree on Creek Edge Near LL Campsite No. 18
(detail)
by Bill Gannon
29 x 42 cm
ink on watercolour paper
2013
