John Forrest did not specifically try to "prove" anything during his explorations, but he did have specific goals.
In 1869, Forrest led the search for Ludwig Leichhardt's expedition which had gone missing while travelling across Australia from east to west. This search was unsuccessful, but it gave Forrest the chance to do what he wished, which was to explore the uncharted areas of Western Australia.
In 1870, Forrest surveyed the route which Edward Eyre had taken in 1840-41 from Adelaide to Albany, across the Great Australian Bight. As the main route from eastern Australia overland to the west, he realised it needed to be surveyed so a road could be built, and later a railway.
That a Man would do anything for his family
The people with their surname Forrest are related to John Forrest.
John Forrest Dillon died in 1914.
John Forrest Dillon was born in 1831.
John Samuel Forrest was born in 1907.
John Samuel Forrest died in 1992.
John Forrest Kelly was born in 1859.
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Five white men and two aborigines and Alexander Forrest went with John Forrest the explorer
Alexander and John Forrest did not name Perth.
Alec John Forrest has written: 'Village cricket'
John F. Forrest was born on 1927-06-20.