Many places have been named after explorer John Oxley. They include: * The Oxley Highway in New South Wales * The town of Oxley, NSW * Oxley Island on the NSW north coast * The Federal electorate of Oxley (Queensland) * NSW Electoral district of Oxley * Oxley Wild Rivers National Park * Oxley Creek (Qld) * Suburbs of Oxley, Qld and Oxley, Australian Capital Territory * The John Oxley Library, which is part of the State Library of Queensland
John Oxley died on 26 May 1828.
The city of Brisbane was named after the Brisbane River, which John Oxley was directed to by some ticket-of-leave convicts who had found a good river. Oxley came into contact with these men who had become lost, and they showed him the river. Oxley named the river after Sir Thomas Brisbane, who was the Governor of New South Wales at the time when Brisbane was founded. The city of Brisbane was then named after the river when the first settlement was founded on its banks.
John Oxley died on 26 May 1828 at Kirkham. He was buried in the Devonshire Street cemetery in Sydney.
It remains uncertain when John Oxley was born. Biographies written about him variously list him as being born in 1783 or 1785.
No. Explorer John Oxley did not travel alone. On several of his journeys he was accompanied by George Evans, while on others he was accompanied by Allan Cunningham.
Just one. Oxley discovered and named the Bogan River in 1817.
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John Oxley named the Brisbane River after Governor Brisbane, in June 1823.
John Oxley's full name was John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley.
No, John Oxley did not discover the Bogan River. The Bogan River was known to the Aboriginal people who inhabited the area long before European settlement. John Oxley was an explorer and surveyor in colonial Australia, but he did not discover the Bogan River.
If you are asking about John Joseph Oxley, the British and Australian explorer, he was the eldest son of John Oxley and his wife Isabella.
SS John Oxley was created in 1927.
John Oxley died on 26 May 1828.
SS John Oxley ended in 1968.
The city of Brisbane was named after the Brisbane River, which John Oxley was directed to by some ticket-of-leave convicts who had found a good river. Oxley came into contact with these men who had become lost, and they showed him the river. Oxley named the river after Sir Thomas Brisbane, who was the Governor of New South Wales at the time when Brisbane was founded. The city of Brisbane was then named after the river when the first settlement was founded on its banks.
John C. Oxley was born on 1937-01-24.
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