Remarkable Journey Across Western Australia.

Te Aroha News, Volume V, Issue 217, 27 August 1887, Page 4

Remarkable Journey Across Western Australia.

The " West Australia >% publishes an account of a remarkable overland journey from Port Lincoln to Perth, perfoimed by Henry Mazzini. Ma/zini started fiorn York's Peninsula in January, 1880, with hi* wife and .six children, in search of employment. He had been manager on a sheep station, and lost his employment tin ough the run being cut up into farms. He crossed over to Fort Lincoln by steamer, and then began one of the most remarkable journeys ever undertaken by a man with all his domestic incumb) antes about him. lie had two horses, a van, and -ClOO in money. His object was to obtain employment. He travelled from station to station westwatd until he found himself unable to return, and when well into the Australian Bight, he found that the hoi^es would be unable to do the journey if he tin ned buck. He therefore decided to go stiuight on.' He left Port Lincoln in the beginning of 18SG, and worked on a 1 station near Espeianee fiom August, ISBG, until May, 1887, when he left, cutting straight across the countiy, and reached' Perth on the Bth instant." His children ■bore up well during the journey, but his wife died shortly after her confinement near Esperance, and the infant was binned not long aftei wards at Jenemungup.