John McDouall Stuart first explored when he was employed as a draughtsman by Captain Charles Sturt on an expedition into the desert interior. This journey was for the purpose of solving the mystery of whether or not there was an inland sea. Sturt hoped to find the inland sea which had eluded him since he first followed the Murray River in the late 1820s. All they found was Sturt's Stony Desert and the Simpson Desert.
John McDouall Stuart was born on September 7, 1815.
John McDouall Stuart was born on September 7, 1815.
John McDouall Stuart died on June 5, 1866 at the age of 50.
John McDouall Stuart died on June 5, 1866 at the age of 50.
John McDouall Stuart was born on September 7, 1815.
John McDouall Stuart made several trips of exploration into the Australian interior. He first travelled with Charles Sturt in 1844. He set off on the first of his own expeditions to cross Australia from south to north in 1858. More journeys followed in 1859, 1860 and 1861.
John McDouall Stuart did not have any children. He was a Scottish Australian explorer who is known for successfully leading the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north.
John McDouall Stuart was born on September 7, 1815 and died on June 5, 1866. John McDouall Stuart would have been 50 years old at the time of death or 199 years old today.
Explorer John McDougall Stuart was Christian. His denomination was Presbyterian.
John McDouall Stuart was born in Scotland on 7 September 1815. He died on 5 June 1866, aged fifty years.
It took John McDouall Stuart five attempts before he succeeded in crossing Australia from south to north and back again.
John McDouall Stuart was born in Dysart, Fife, Scotland, on 7 September 1815.