Continuation from page 56 (AA122/3/1/50). A piece of leather used as a belt was ultimately unsatisfactory but they managed to obtain a belt from truck bound for Alice from the Granite gold fields. Reached Coniston and meet the owner Randal Stafford (pastoralist).

1. Photograph: 'Fitting the new belt'

2. Photograph: 'The Lander river at Coniston'

Places mentioned: Alice [Springs] (NT); Granite gold fields (NT); Granite gold mine (NT); Coniston [Station] (NT); Lander River (NT)

People mentioned: Randal[l] Stafford (pastoralist)

Photo number/s as per Journal and Index of Photographs: 93, 94