Looking-into-Leichhardt_catalogue_Oct2013_Gannon+friends

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

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)

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 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). Lagoons and Mitchell River). Academics andWriters

Tree on Creek Edge Near LL Campsite No. 18 (detail) by Bill Gannon 29 x 42 cm ink on watercolour paper 2013