A LTHOUGH it cannot be said that there are any areas remaining unexplored in Australia, yet there are vast inland regions, the so-called deserts, that have been crossed by only a few explorers and prospectors, whose trails may be a hundred miles apart. So inhospitable and remote are these regions that something in the nature of an organized expedition is still necessary before any attempt can be made to penetrate them. The greatest stories of Australian exploration are all connected with the efforts to conquer these deserts; but the journals of the explorers give little information about them. Sand hills and sand ridges are cursed for their menacing obstruction and endlessness, but very few definite facts are recorded about their trends or other characteristics.
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