For dates and places Charles Sturt and Thomas Mitchell explored, see the related questions.
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Sturt's Desert Rose is the floral emblem of the Northern Territory. The Northern Territory is not a state, but a territory.The Sturt's Desert Rose should not be confused with the Sturt Desert Pea, which is the floral emblem of South Australia.
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The mission was named after Saint Charles of Borromeo
Sturt Plain is named after the English explorer, Captain Charles Sturt, who led expeditions into the Australian interior in the 19th century, including the area where the plain is located.
The Sturt Desert Pea was named after Charles Sturt, the explorer who traced the Murray River to its mouth on the South Australian coast. The Northern Territory's floral emblem is also named after Sturt: it is the Sturt Desert Rose.
Charles Sturt was not an Australian Gallipoli leader. He was one of Australia's greatest explorers, following the course of the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers, and opening up the southeastern corner of the continent for settlement and river transportation. And yes, it is after the explorer Charles Sturt that the Charles Sturt University is named.
Sturt's Desert Rose was named after Australian explorer Charles Sturt, who discovered the plant whilst venturing through the region of what is now known as the Simpson Desert.
Charles Sturt named the Darling River, after Governor Darling.He named the Murray River in 1829. It had already been named the Hume by Hume and Hovell when they crossed it in 1824.Continuing on down the Murray River, Sturt reached the broad expanse of Lake Alexandrina, which he also named.In 1845, Sturt ventured into the interior deserts and discovered Cooper Creek, which he named after South Australia's Chief Justice Sir Charles Cooper.
Charles Sturt was 34 when he named the Murray River. It should be noted that he did not actually discover the Murray - that was done in 1824, by Hume and Hovell, who originally named the river the Hume.
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.
charles sturt was a explorer
Charles Napier Sturt.
Charles Sturt discovered and named the Bogan and Darling Rivers in February 1829.In November 1829, he rediscovered the Murray River, which had actually been discovered by Hume and Hovell in 1824 but named the Hume. Sturt renamed it the Murray. This same year, Sturt also discovered that the Darling River flows into the Murray.
Charles Sturt's occupation was Surveyor-General.
Yes.Charles Sturt named the Darling River, after Governor Darling.He named the Murray River in 1829. It had already been named the Hume by Hume and Hovell when they crossed it in 1824.Continuing on down the Murray River, Sturt reached the broad expanse of Lake Alexandrina, which he also named.In 1845, Sturt ventured into the interior deserts and discovered Cooper Creek, which he named after South Australia's Chief Justice Sir Charles Cooper.