Lasseter's Reef
OMEWHERE out in the parched wastes of the Gibson Desert of Australia lies a rich reef of gold-Lasseter’s Reef. The story of how Harry Lasseter found his reef in the closing years of last century, and how, some thirty years later, it was the death of him, is told in
an hour-long BBC programme, Quest in the Desert, which will be heard from 1YA at 2.0 p.m. this Sunday, March 28, and from 2YA at 9.30 a.m. on Sunday, April 4. It took Lasseter 30 years to convince anyone that he had found an EIldorado in the desert, and it was through the influence of John Bailey, President — of
the Australian Workers’ Union, that the | Central Australian Gold Exploration Company was formed. An expedition was fitted’ out in 1930, and although it | was dogged with bad luck at every stage, Lasseter would not be daunted. Companion ‘after companion dropped out as cars broke down and aeroplanes crashed, but Lasseter pressed on. In January, 1931,
searchers found him dead in the _ desert. His diaries made it almost certain that he had found his reef again and pegged it in accordance with the law, but the details were incomplete. Since 1931 many expeditions have been organised in an attempt to solve the mystery of the reef. None so far has been successful,
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 766, 26 March 1954, Page 25
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222Lasseter's Reef New Zealand Listener, Volume 30, Issue 766, 26 March 1954, Page 25
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