Journey South-West/Keep River

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The Keep River rises in the Northern Territory and flows for about 172km into the Timor Sea at Joseph Bonaparte Gulf. Only about 9.5km of the river passes through Western Australia. The name was recorded by pastoralist M.P. Durack during explorations on 19/8/1894, and is probably named after Henry Francis Keep (1863-1905), a former Wyndham resident who had moved to Roebourne in 1891 and was M.L.A. for the Pilbara from1894 to 1897. Keep and John Craigie may have carried out an early examination of this river in May 1888. According to Bruce Shaw, the Aboriginal name for this feature where it crosses the Weaber Plain is 'Ngalba'.
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Antilopine Wallaroo Macropus antilopinus
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Blue Argus Junonia orithya albicincta
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Grevillea Strata
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Calandrinia strophiolata
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Caledia captiva 3rd instar
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Common Glider Tramea loewii
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Common Pig-head Macrazelota cervina 2nd instar
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Cricket Gryllinae sp.
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Double-barred Finch Taeniopygia bichenovii
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Drosera burmmannii
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Keep River Sunset Vista
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Keep River Vista
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Lesser Wanderer Danaus chrysippus

feeding on
Grevillea striata
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Livistona mariae rigida
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Ludwigia octovalvis
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Osbeckia Australiana
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Red-tailed Snake-eyed Skink Morethia ruficauda
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Solanum echinatum
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Spur-throated Locust Austracris guttulosa
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Stick Case Moth Clania sp.
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Thysanotus chinensis
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Weevil Myllocerus sp.
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Acacia dimidiate
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White-quilled Rock-Pigeon Petrophassa albipennis
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White-waisted Digger Wasp Sphex sp.
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