FROM EARLY
EXPLORERS TO STATION OWNERS -
MOUNT SANDIMAN
"A few
miles along the river brought us to a gorge at the eastem soge of tre sendstones, Ag the east of which it opened out into extensive plains in some parts
well grassed, and i others much washed by the river.
Several trap and
granite hills were visible at some distance to the northwerd and eastward. Our" bivouac was in latitude 24
degrees 3! minutes 0.5 seoonds,
sbout thrse
miles seih ora bold
trap-rangs, the sardin!t of which
was namod Mount Sendimen", Early explorer Frcie
Gregory.
Mounts like Mi Sandiran before you may appear
Inconspicuous ancugh to motem day travellere, However, to
early explorer such ounts were highly important landrtarice
These hardy men would so
é top of these landions
lo assess the land around the sake cootpinates, measure
the height, name them and plan their future
While Aboriginal people had used such landmarks for millennia, European
explorers ely ventured into these pans in the mid-1800s.Among Wiem were the
Gregory brothers, Augustus and Francis, They explored land in the
* Swan River Districan 1846 and then went north to the Murchison and Irvin Rivers, Later, in 1858, Frandis again set out, this time further north to the Gascoyne It was on this trip that Francis Gregor, explored the area in which you are now travelling.
ely Francis
Gregory nanged Mt Sandiman after
Gordon
Sandeman, MLA. Sandeman was a NSW padians in 1856. He was also a business associate of HO
Gregory, Francis
Gregory's brother.
largely to the reports of people like
Gregory, pastor s n settling the country. Mi Sandiman becamd a Bine late 1800s and the
homestead became a popul boint for social gatharings for local pastoral famil
Tennis
games, dences and sing-alongs around the piano common events at Mit Sandiman in the eary 1900g. In 1973 the station was absorbed into the neighbouring Minnie Greek Station, and has since been run as an outcamp
THE WOOL WAGON PATHWAY
e when Australia really did ride on the sheep
back fe Wool Wagon Pathway explores the tigerdary pasti country of the Murchi