Search for Lasseter
A search party, led by Bob Buck, a local station owner eventually found Lasseter's body along with his diary. The diary was returned to Lasseter's family and shows marks of fire, water and dirt.
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> View further photographs taken on the expedition to recover Lasseter's body in Central Australia 
Daily Telegraph, 29 April, 1931, p. 1
Newspaper, BN 215
Newspaper reports of the death of the explorer finally reached Sydney in March and April, 1931. The dramatic headlines and mystery surrounding Lasseter's final days was an enduring fascination for the Australian public.
The Truth, 10 May, 1931, p. 15
Newspaper, BN 341
