FTP identify this wasteland, extending from Eighty Mile Beach on the Indian Ocean eastward into Northern Territory, which lies above the Gibson desert and is primarily located in Western Australia.
The first European to cross it was Major Peter Warburton in 1873. A vast expanse of salt marshes and hills interlaced with Triodia grass, it roughly coincides with the sedimentary Canning basin. Canning Stock Route spans the region in a northeasterly direction from Wiluna via Lake Disappointment to Halls Creek. FTP identify this wasteland, extending from Eighty Mile Beach on the Indian Ocean eastward into Northern Territory, which lies above the Gibson desert and is primarily located in Western Australia.
The first European to cross it was Major Peter Warburton in 1873.
Great Sandy Desert