The Story of Lewis. H. Lasseter |
| September 27 1880 | born at Bamganie, Victoria Australia. |
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Was youngest of 8 children of John Upjohn Lasseter and Agnes Cruickshank. Mother died of sunstroke when he was only a toddler – his father's sister (who had been one of Queen Victoria's seamstresses) came out from England with her son to care for her brother's children. Eventually John Lasseter married again – a widow with 5 daughters. |
| December 29 1903 | married Florence Scott at Clifton Springs, New York State, U.S.A. |
| January 28 1921 | went through a form of marriage with a woman in Albert Park Melbourne |
Lewis Lasseter ran away to sea at an early age and spent some years knocking about the world - during which time while in the company of surveyor in W.A. they became lost and half crazed with thirst stumbled on a fabulous reef studded with gold. At this time they were more interested in finding water as they began to fear they would not get out alive so did their best to fix an approximate position by their watches – eventually they managed to find their way to help (more dead than alive) only to find that their watches were out, which made a difference of over 200 miles in either direction.
After their terrible experiences in the burning desert of Central Australia, neither one could face up to the prospect of going back – the surveyor swore he never would.
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