Captain Norman, of H.M.C.S. Victoria,
Commander-in-Chief of the Northern Expedition Parties.
COPY OF JOURNAL.
W. LANDSBOROUGH, ESQUIRE, LEADER OF BRISBANE PARTY.
Albert River, November 18 1861.
Camp Number 2. Situated near the junction of Beames Brook.
Monday November 18.
From the Post-office Lagoon we went one and a half miles west, thence over fine downs, chiefly wooded with acacia, two and a half miles south-west, and reached a pond on the left bank of Beames Brook, near which we had a dinner of young wood from a cabbage-palm-tree which Fisherman felled near the steep bank of the running stream, at which place we marked a tree (broad arrow before L) and likewise marked in the same way a more conspicuous tree which stands a little further out from the brook; thence eight miles south-west, over fine rich plains with a good variety of grass upon them, and a few plants of saline herbs. It was then time to encamp, as we had been travelling for five hours; we therefore changed our course to north-west for three-quarters of a mile, and reached a branch of the Nicholson River consisting of at least four channels, one full of fine clear running water, on the right bank of which we formed our Number 3 Camp.
Tuesday November 19. Camp Number 3.