Friday, September 24, 2021

HMAS MORESBY TRIANGULATION

 Ye olde  map for  1934  HMAS  Moresby hydrographic  survey  which included part  of  the area  near the early , ill- fated  Escape Cliffs  site , recently  visited  by  an  intrepid  Darwin  party , led by  Dr  Lloyd  Browne , looking  for  relics, which  found the remains of  what is believed to be  a Nellie Bly steel oil drum, possibly from  HMAS  Moresby . A long length of thick  rope was  found  tangled in a tree and brought back to Darwin along  with a  corroded  metal  object  dug up. The above graphic received by agronomist  Robert Wesley-Smith after  the  expedition.