DATELINE: Alice Springs, Australia                                                    

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Author: Andy

Transcribed from a road sign at the Northern Territory border:



REGULATIONS OF JOHN McDOUGALL STUART'S GREAT NORTHERN EXPLORING EXPEDITION IN 1862



Everyone must be up at the break of day

The bed clothes etc to be done up and put in their proper places

Breakfast to be ready at the same time, for which half an hour will be allowed

No one is to leave the line of march without my knowledge or that of the officer in charge

No one is to fire on the natives without orders unless it is in self-defence (sic)

When on the march no water is to be used from the canteens without permission from the leader

No swearing or improper language shall be allowed

No journal to kept or notes taken

Saddles are not to be sat upon