Access by Hawker Gate Road, Milparinka, New South Wales 2880, Australia
In 1845 Captain Charles Sturt and his expedition ventured into the region now known as the Corner Country. The region was in severe drought and the summer was unbearably hot. For several months the group 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 ...