Charles Sturt did not sail a ship for his discoveries. Whilst he came to Australia aboard a ship, there being no other method for travelling across the seas in those days, his exploration down the Murray was done in an unnamed whaleboat towing a skiff.
Charles Napier Sturt.
Charles Sturt's legacy of exploration is found in the naming of such places as:Sturt Stony DesertSturt River (South Australia)Charles Sturt University (NSW)Sturt's name also lives on in the floral emblem of South Australia, the Sturt Desert Pea, and the floral emblem of the Northern Territory, Sturt's Desert Rose.
In the early 1800s, there was just one way for anyone to come to Australia, and that was by ship. Charles Sturt originally arrived in Australia as a professional soldier in charge of a troop which was assigned to oversee convicts. He came aboard the ship "Mariner".
charles sturt was a explorer
Charles Sturt's occupation was Surveyor-General.
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City of Charles Sturt was created in 1997.
Charles Sturt University was created in 1989.
The only means by which anyone could come to Australia in the early 1800s was by ship. Charles Sturt arrived in Australia in May 1927 aboard the "Mariner", as a soldier in charge of a troop which was assigned to convict duties.
The motto of Charles Sturt University is 'For the public good'.
No, Charles Sturt was never a Governor of Australia. He was an inland explorer.
Charles Sturt died of natural causes in England in 1869.