Wylie Scap

The western end of the Great Southern Scarp is known as the Wylie Scarp. It starts about 17 kilometres north-west of Point Malcolm and runs in a north-north-easterly direction for 140 kilometres to near Point Culver, just past the Bilbunya Dunes. The Wylie Scarp runs about 10 kilometres inland from the coast.

The Wylie Scarp was named after one of Edward John Eyre’s aboriginal companions on his historic east-west crossing of the continent.

When the expedition’s 2IC John Baxter was shot and killed by Joey and Yarry, two of the aboriginal members of the party, Wylie was faithful to Eyre and stayed with him on their resulantepic struggle to Rossiter Bay and, utlimately, King George Sound (Albany).

 

Great Southern Scarp.

Baxter Cliffs

Bunda Cliffs

Hampton Scarp

 

 

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