Expedition setting up camp at near the Government dam at Ooroowilanie (Murraloanna). Despite the shelter provided by the sand ridge (from which the photograph was taken), the camp was cold, windy and unpleasant, all the more so because of a disagreement with James Atkins (cook and assistant) over his foul language, pay, and his continuing with the expedition.
see Waite's journal (AA356)

A copy is held in SAM Expedition to Strzelecki and Coopers Creek collection (AA299/1/163)

Back of print: Halting on the plains