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Joe Brown

(Joe Brown was the most famous of these prospectors and horse-thieves, and he kept the location of all of the waters he located, including Lake Surprise -- as it was later named -- at the end of the Lander River, to himself. It was always handy to know the location of a "secret" water when prospecting, or when dodging the police. Horse-stealing was just an honorable "game" for Joe).

REAL TRUE HISTORY: TENSIONS RISE AS LAND IS PARCHED. Part Two of a Feature by DICK KIMBER. ALICE SPRINGS NEWS, September 17, 2003 http://www.alicespringsnews.com.au/1033.html

p48 Alec Wilson and two Aborigines were travelling towards Coniston with Joe Brown who was ill with beri-beri.
Ben Nicker pp49-50 'Ben crosses the Tanami Desert solo: 1923-34' (after travelling to Halls Ck with Joe Brown)
Robinson, Judy. 2012. Bushman of the Red Heart. Boolarong Press. https://books.google.com.au/books?isbn=1922109266
https://books.google.com.au/books?id=FU7zEbdukmwC&lpg=PA49&ots=UgJpW-9d9y&dq=%22joe%20brown%22%20tanami&pg=PA49#v=onepage&q&f=false
'Wilson claimed he returned to Joe Brown just in time to see him die'
Wilson, Bill and Justin O’Brien. 2003. To infuse an universal terror: a reappraisal of the Coniston killings. ABORIGINAL HISTORY 27, 59-78.
http://press.anu.edu.au/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/ch0452.pdf

To Karlantijpa page

URL http://www.anu.edu.au/linguistics/nash/kt/1907-28-JBrown.html