Lasseter's Reef legend

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Lasseter's Reef legend is an Australian outback tale about a prospector’s supposedly lost, fabulously rich gold deposit whose location has never been verified.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian outback legend
legend
associatedWith Australian folklore
Central Australia NERFINISHED
Great Victoria Desert NERFINISHED
Harold Bell Lasseter NERFINISHED
Petermann Ranges NERFINISHED
country Australia
culturalRole cautionary tale about obsession
modern Australian myth
describes supposedly rich gold deposit
genre lost gold reef legend
hasMotive search for sudden wealth
hasPart lost gold reef
hasReputation fabulously rich gold reef
hasTheme Australian frontier mythology
greed
mystery
obsession with wealth
survival in the outback
influenced Australian popular culture
subsequent gold prospecting expeditions
involves desert travel
gold mining
prospecting
search expeditions
language English
location Australian outback
Central Australian desert NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Harold Lasseter NERFINISHED
mentionedIn books about Australian exploration
documentaries about Australian outback
narrativeType oral tradition
written accounts
notableEvent Lasseter's 1930 expedition NERFINISHED
Lasseter's death in the desert
relatedTo El Dorado legend
lost treasure legends
other Australian gold rush stories
riskFactor death in remote desert
status location unverified
subjectOf geological skepticism
historical debate
timePeriod early 20th century
verificationStatus unproven

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Lasseter Highway namedFor Lasseter's Reef legend