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In 1872, William Hann, a Burdekin squatter, set himself the task of exploring the country northward to the 14th parallel. The Government assisted, and the party of six white men and a black boy included Norman Taylor, geologist, Dr. Tate, botanist, and Frederick Warner, surveyor.
The mobilisation took place at Fossilbrook, an out-station of Mount Surprise, and a start was made on June 26, 1872. The Lynd was followed down for 25 miles towards the north west. To the north, the Tate River was first met with, and then the Walsh River was followed down to the west of north for about thirty miles, and then, on striking out to the north-west, the Mitchell was met with.