TO EXPLORE PAPUA.
PTREIAN PARTY. WITH SIR RUPERT CLARKE . AS LEADER. By Telo'&rapli-.t'ro'Es AfsoeiatSon—Dopyrigl]' ffiec. February 10, .9.53 p.m.) Melbourne, .February 19, Sir' Ruper- Clarke-, tho Wcll-kiiowh Rportsptoi}, is organising ap expedition to be ]cd by himself, mid to -consist of three other \Miites, w.cfl acquainted with tho territory, twenty natives and » motet-boat, .to explore Papua., 'J'lre sails in May, and aims at penetrating fnvtlicr inland than Sir Williaia 'M'Gregors Fly River Expcfli' tion of 1890, n.w-1 at cxaanfiiijiglaftdi with a view to development, . It is -also proposed- to ■aseertek tho; pfo-sjicels of gold and precious stone's. Sir Rupert Clarke- hopes to d-iseove's new and rate 'birds and animals, an.4 to -establish friendly relations with ilionatives. Ho. .decl'a-rcdj "1 am going to do BoniGtliittft or came to grief."
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1989, 20 February 1914, Page 7
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128TO EXPLORE PAPUA. Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1989, 20 February 1914, Page 7
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