Pittosporum rockhole

Submitted: Friday, Jul 15, 2022 at 22:21
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Hello there,
Does anyone know who's carvings are on the tree at the above mentioned rock? It's "LC" and "D".

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Reply By: Nomadic Navara - Saturday, Jul 16, 2022 at 23:57

Saturday, Jul 16, 2022 at 23:57
Where is this Pittosporum Rockhole? It is not listed in the EO Places.
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Follow Up By: The Explorer - Sunday, Jul 17, 2022 at 10:03

Sunday, Jul 17, 2022 at 10:03
In the WA Goldfields, north of Coolgardie...apparently. It is mentioned in this trip reportGoldfields trip report but I havent read it in detail to establish rockholes exact position. I am guesing someone will comment soon.

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Follow Up By: Frank P (NSW) - Sunday, Jul 17, 2022 at 10:42

Sunday, Jul 17, 2022 at 10:42
Pittosporum Rock is one of the places shown on this map according to the list. That may or may not be a clue.

Greg, I too found that trip report. I read it through but there was insufficient detail about the location, just a mention.

EDIT:
I found Pittosporum Rock in Ozi. Here are two screenshots, one transposed from Ozi onto EOTopo 144k and for a larger view onto a zoomed out 1M map:




EDIT:
I've since found Pittosporum Rock is an ExplorOz Place. Doh!!!
And I'm assuming the rockhole will be on the rock or close by, though I suppose it ain't necessarily so.

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Follow Up By: Austag - Tuesday, Jul 19, 2022 at 23:38

Tuesday, Jul 19, 2022 at 23:38


sorry been away, taken awhile to respond.

The rockhole pictured. The carvings on the tree. the style and depth shows they were done at the same time. However the style is not the usual "explorer" or "dogger" way. All the followings of Dimer we done since the 70's, he would usually put full name plus initial. These carvings look to have been done very differently to any other tree carvings we've encountered in all our years of travelling. They almost look done by a machine. I should have taken a closer shot to show the gouges that look very mechanical.
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Reply By: Frank P (NSW) - Sunday, Jul 17, 2022 at 11:22

Sunday, Jul 17, 2022 at 11:22
The D could be Dimer, a dogger in the 1960s, who left his name in stone at nearby KurrajongRock.

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Follow Up By: equinox - Sunday, Jul 17, 2022 at 16:14

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Hi Frank - Dimer is a good guess; the two brothers have left their mark all over the place around there.

LC - Dont know - BD Clarkson did an expedition in 1864 in the area. Luck and Carnegie were in the area too. HG Cadby had some pastoral leases in the area.

Ken Newbey named the rock - I think this his wikipedia entry: HERE

Although the Hunt Range was named by Clarkson, it didn't appear on any civilian topo maps I could see until 1962 - Newbey named the rock in 1964, so may have slipped of the government maps at that point - that's about the time R502 government maps came in.







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