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One of the explorers who influenced Eyre was Charles Sturt, who first charted the Murray River to its mouth at the Great Southern Ocean. It was with great regret that, to lighten his load, Eyre had to throw out a much prized copy of Sturt's book of his explorations, entitled Expeditions.

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