Ben Nicker

This disappointed the two and, rather than mine Sam purchased a wagon from a "disgruntled quitter" and delivered water to the miners whilst Elizabeth started a market garden and herded feral goats for milk, meat and useful skins.

[1] In 1923 Joe Brown, an explorer and prospector, came through Ryan's Well on his way to cross the Tanami Desert and 15 year old Nicker convinced his parents to let him go with him.

[1] Brown is described as an argumentative and difficult man and at Halls Creek the two parted company leaving Nicker to travel alone back to Ryan's Well.

He had safely completed the finest, riskiest, solo venture in inland history, so I claim.Following his return from this expedition in 1924 Nicker continued to explore in order to take in points of interest he had heard about and to make his own discoveries.

[6] In 1939 Nicker volunteered to enlist into World War II where, after a brief time at the Colchester Barracks, approximately 50 km (31 mi) from London, he met a local girl named Jane whom he married by special licence after a month of courtship.

Ben Nicker at the beginning of the Michael Terry expedition, Northern Territory, 1932
Ben Nicker tending a camel, Lake Mackay region, Northern Territory, 1933
Ben Nicker crushing rock samples in a dolly pot, Northern Territory, 1933