two horses and food
Edmund Kennedy underwent three expeditions. Kennedy first joined Major Thomas Mitchell's expedition to the interior of Queensland, which left in 1845. In 1847, Kennedy led another expedition to follow the Barcoo River in south-western Queensland to see if it would lead to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Kennedy's main journey was his ill-fated expedition to Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland, for which he left in 1848. He landed at Rockingham Bay near Townsville on 24 May 1848 for the purpose of mapping the eastern coast of north Queensland.
Edmund P. Kennedy was born in 1785.
Edmund Kennedy traveled 108 KM.
Edmund Kennedy's only new discovery came on his second expedition. In 1847, Kennedy volunteered to continue where Major Thomas Mitchell's previous expedition, which he had accompanied, had left off, exploring the Victoria River. After finding that the Victoria River flowed into Cooper's Creek, he renamed the 'Victoria' the Barcoo, and discovered and named the Thomson River. He then traced the Warrego River as far as he could, until there was nothing left to trace.
Edmund Kennedy was born on the Channel Island in England in 1818.
Edmund Kennedy's only new discovery came on his second expedition. In 1847, Kennedy volunteered to continue where Major Thomas Mitchell's previous expedition, which he had accompanied, had left off, exploring the Victoria River. After finding that the Victoria River flowed into Cooper's Creek, he renamed the 'Victoria' the Barcoo, and discovered and named the Thomson River. He then traced the Warrego River as far as he could, until there was nothing left to trace.
Edmund Kennedy National Park was created in 1977.
Edmund P. Kennedy died on 1844-03-28.
Australian explorer Edmund Kennedy was English. He was born on Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.
Edmund Kennedy was born in 1818 on the Island of Guernsey in the Channel Islands. He arrived in Australia in 1840 in order to take up the position of Assistant-Surveyor of New South Wales.
Australian explorer Edmund Kennedy was just 30 years old when he was killed.
The area of Edmund Kennedy National Park is 9,000 square kilometers.