Edward Eyre discovered lake Eyre on 27 August 1840. Lake Eyre was one of several salt lakes which blocked Eyre's attempt to cross from south to north.
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Lake Eyre was named after Edward Eyre. He was the first white person to discover it. Also the Eyre Highway is named after him, and so is the Eyre Peninsula and a tiny place called Eyre.
Edward Eyre discovered Lake Callabonna in July 1840. Lake Callabonna was one of several salt lakes which blocked Eyre's attempt to cross from south to north. Other salt lakes which seemed to Eyre to form an impassable horseshoe-shaped barrier included Lake Blanche, Lake Torrens and Lake Eyre.
Edward Eyre discovered lake Eyre on 27 August 1840. Lake Eyre was one of several salt lakes which blocked Eyre's attempt to cross from south to north.
He found Lake Eyre in 1840.
No. Given that Lake Eyre is a saltpan for most of the year, this would be impossible.
Lake Eyre was named after Edward Eyre, the explorer who discovered it.
Yes. Edward Eyre was the first European to attempt to drive cattle and sheep from New South Wales to Adelaide. It was while he was on this expedition in 1838 that he came across Lake Hindmarsh and camped there. Eyre named the lake after the Governor of South Australia, Sir John Hindmarsh.
Edward Eyre discovered Lake Eyre on 27 August 1840. Lake Eyre was one of several salt lakes which blocked Eyre's attempt to cross from south to north. Other salt lakes which seemed to Eyre to form an impassable horseshoe-shaped barrier included Lake Blanche, Lake Torrens and Lake Callabonna.
Edward Eyre did not name Lake Eyre, as he would have had to name it after himself, and explorers did not seek to name things after themselves. However, the lake was later named in his honour. Lake Eyre was one of several salt lakes which blocked Eyre's attempt to cross from south to north. Other salt lakes which seemed to Eyre to form an impassable horseshoe-shaped barrier included Lake Blanche, Lake Torrens and Lake Callabonna.
In 1840, Edward Eyre discovered Lake Eyre, which was one of several salt lakes which blocked Eyre's attempt to cross from south to north. Other salt lakes which seemed to Eyre to form an impassable horseshoe-shaped barrier included Lake Blanche, Lake Torrens and Lake Callabonna, also discovered by Eyre but believed to be part of an inland sea. Eyre incorrectly formed the opinion that they all formed one large salt lake. It was another couple of decades before further exploration showed that they were separate salt lakes, and not an inland sea. Edward Eyre is better known for being the first European to cross Australia from Adelaide to Albany, or east to west, rather than for any great discoveries.
The original name for Lake Eyre was Lake Gregory. It was named by Babbage, the first European to recognise Lake Eyre as being a distinct lake from Lake Torrens, whereas it had been thought to be part of a huge horseshoe shaped lake. Lake Eyre was officially named after Edward John Eyre, the first European explorer to sight the Lake whilst trying to find a route to the north in 1840-41. He was the one who initially conceived the idea (incorrectly) that the salt lakes of central-northern South Australia made up one large horseshoe lake.
The most obvious thing named after explorer Edward Eyre is Lake Eyre, Australia's lowest point. This salt lake was one of sseveral that prevented Eyre from achieving his goal of travelling through central Australia to the north. The Eyre highway, which runs east to west north of the Nullarbor Plain, is also named after Eyre. It roughly approximates the route Eyre took on his 1840-41 expedition.