Thursday, Feb 05, 2009 at 22:29
Hello Ruth & Fran,
Trouble with our phone line in town, Ruth. In civilisation, but miss our Activ8 & Bigpond satellite broadband, and a lot of other things too!!!!!!!! Apparently, we are going ADSL soon........
If you are leaving B'ville at 2pm, Ruth, you'll probably be in
Winton for brekkie???
Fran,
As Ruth has mentioned Potjostler Ck heads about 10kms east of
Lucknow Station, on Nerida (which used to be past of
Lucknow many years ago). It then runs SE through
Brighton Downs, before entering
Diamantina Lakes N/Park, and then running into the Diamantina River, a few kms north of
Hunters Gorge.
The name is actually Pot Jostler, not one word as I incorrectly spell it. The name is unusual, but means "cook" ie: he who jostles the pots.
Your mention of Carr-Boyds pen name reminds me of some articles I used to read many years ago, which I think were reproduced in the Courier Mail, or North Qld Register, back in the 60's. I wonder if Carr-Boyd was a
cook, as
well as a pen-man?
As you are researching him, I imagine you would be aware of the Carr-Boyd ranges on Argyle Station, in the
Kimberley, Fran?
It's possible that this creek was named after C-B, but I know
Brighton Downs was already settled around 1875, so it is likely that the creek was already named before their trip. I could be wrong, but think Pot Jostler Ck was mentioned in Mary Duracks 'Kings in Grass Castles", but wasn't their trip later that century?
Our email address is in my profile, Fran, if you had any other questions. Thanks for filling in for me, Ruth.
Goodnight,
Bob.
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