The plaque reads:
ELDER SCIENTIFIC EXPLORING EXPEDITION.
On 2 May 1891, the Elder Scientific Exploring Expedition left
Warrina Siding and began a 6858 Km journey which was to end
12 months later in the Murchison River district of Western
Australia. Sir Thomas Elder financed the expedition
and the South Australian branch of the Royal Geographical
Society of Australasia managed its affairs. Led by explorer
and surveyor David Lindsay, the party consisted of 14 men
and 44 camels, one of the strongest and best-equipped
expeditions ever sent into inland Australia. Among other
things, the expedition mapped over 200,000 sq. Km of country
previously unknown to Europeans.
Erected by Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch) Inc.
22nd May 1985