Three South Australian Medical Relief Expeditions among the Aborigines,
Expedition in Search of Reported Remains of Leichhardt, under auspices of S.A. Geographical Society,
Commonwealth Medical Survey of Aborigines in the Northern Territory,
Mararoa Geological Expedition from Darwin to Northern Kimberleys,
Viceregal Expedition to Central Australia, under His Excellency, Sir Tom Bridges, Governor of South Australia,
Commonwealth Railways Commissioner’s Journey from Mildura to Port Augusta, under Hon. P. G. Stewart and N. G. Bell, Esq.,
Expedition through the Interior of Australia, under His Excellency, the Earl of Stradbroke, Governor of Victoria.
During the terms that I held official positions, firstly as a State Geologist, and secondly as Chief Medical Officer and Chief Protector of Aborigines for the Commonwealth Government in the Northern Territory, opportunities were afforded me of continuing my investigations among the indigenous population of Australia; especially fruitful were my researches when, as a Special Aborigines’ Commissioner, I medically overhauled the tribes of South Australia and of the southern region of the Northern Territory.
In a more private capacity the southern districts and goldfields of Western Australia, the coastal and south-western districts of Queensland, and the north-western areas of New South Wales were traversed. Quite recently, too, a professional excursion to Java considerably enriched my knowledge of Melanesian ethnography and helped to explain the existence of several cults in the northern districts of Australia which border on the Indian Ocean.