Various creators Edmund Kennedy Memorial Walking Track Archive. [Archive] (Unpublished)
Summary
The Edmund Kennedy Memorial Walking Track was a project of the Cardwell Shire Bi-Centennial Community Committee. It was constructed with assistance from various government and voluntary organisations and the local Indigenous community. The 3.5 km track which runs from South Mission Beach to Kennedy Bay is named in honour of the explorer Edmund Kennedy who in 1848 landed at Tam O'Shanter Point to lead an overland expedition to Cape York. The expedition failed to reach the Cape, and ten of the thirteen party members died or were killed. Kennedy was fatally speared by Aborigines as he and his Aboriginal assistant Jacky Jacky made a last desperate dash for the Cape. The records in this collection include submissions, correspondence and minutes of meetings of several organisations involved in the construction of the track.
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