the Western Australian Department of Lands and Surveys, was appointed to survey the stock route.

Canning's task was to find a route through 1850 kilometres of desert, from Wiluna in the mid west to the Kimberley in the north. He needed to find significant water sources - enough for up to 800 head of cattle, a day's walk apart - where wells could be dug, and enough good grazing land to sustain this number of cattle during the journey south.

In 1906, with a team of 23 camels,

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