Depot Glen

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It is so disappointing that an image of the Milparinka Courthouse prior to its restoration in the 1980s has again been used as a promotion for Corner Country, with the caption along the lines of "restored by the community".

For those of you who know and love the buildings in Milparinka, and know the work of the community and its volunteers, I urge you to contact the publishers of the articles and ask that they please check their images carefully before publication.

Depot Glen

Poole's Grave and Sturt's Cairn

LOCATION

In 1845 Captain Charles Sturt and his expedition ventured into the Corner Country having cross the Barrier Ranges and traversed the land to the west. They crossed to the east of Mt Arrowsmith before reaching the creeks running south from the lower Grey Range.

Finding water in a creek, they camped beside a water hole in a rocky basalt glen, now known as Depot Glen.

Many of the men were suffering from scurvy. By the time the rains finally came in July, James Poole, Sturt's second in command, was very ill. He died just a few days after the expedition broke camp to continue their search for an inland sea.

Poole's body was buried beneath a beefwood tree not far from their campsite at Depot Glen.

Depot Glen, the nearby site of Poole's grave, and a cairn built by the men during their encampment form part of a privately owned sheep station known as Mt Poole. The sites are all accessible from the Hawker Gate Road, approximately 10 kilometres west of Milparinka.

Image. James Giddey. Broken Hill