The amazing Frank Hann (1845-1921) explored more of Western Australia than any other person.
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- Frank Hugh Hann 1845-1921
He was the first to penetrate the King Leopold Ranges (1898) that defeated Alexander Forrest two decades earlier. His perseverance gave all others access to the hinterland of the Kimberley.
Hann was active in the Great Victoria Desert, the south-east and the south-west.
He named a great number of geographical features across the length and breadth of the State – in fact, far more than any other person.
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- Talbot and Frank Hann.
As would be expected a number of geographical features are named after him including Frank Hann National Park, Hann River North, Hann Track, Hanns Boab Creek, Hanns Camp, Hanns Jasper Hill, Hanns Knob, Hanns Rockhole, and Hanns Tabletop Hill.
His diaries were accurately reproduced in Do Not Yield To Despair edited by Mike Donaldson and Ian Elliot in 1998 and published by Hesperian Press.
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- Do Not Yield to Despair
© Kim Epton 2024
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