Edmund Kennedy was accompanied by Jacky Jacky, an Aborigine from New South Wales. He had several other companions as well, among them men named Costigan, Dunn, and Luff.
Edmund P. Kennedy was born in 1785.
Edmund Kennedy traveled 108 KM.
Edmund Kennedy was born on the Channel Island in England in 1818.
Edmund Hillary's climbing partner Tenzing Norgay accompanied him to the summit and back.
Edmund Kennedy National Park was created in 1977.
Edmund P. Kennedy died on 1844-03-28.
Australian explorer Edmund Kennedy was English. He was born on Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.
The aboriginal guide known as Jacky Jacky was famous for his loyalty to Kennedy. When Kennedy was killed by hostile natives in far North Queensland, Jacky Jacky faithfully continued the journey alone to meet the ship, to carryover news of Kennedy's terrible fate.
Australian explorer Edmund Kennedy was just 30 years old when he was killed.
The area of Edmund Kennedy National Park is 9,000 square kilometers.
Edmund Kennedy's only new discovery came on his second expedition. In 1847, Kennedy volunteered to continue where Major Thomas Mitchell's previous expedition, which he had accompanied, had left off, exploring the Victoria River. After finding that the Victoria River flowed into Cooper's Creek, he renamed the 'Victoria' the Barcoo, and discovered and named the Thomson River. He then traced the Warrego River as far as he could, until there was nothing left to trace.
Edmund Kennedy did not have any children as he died at the age of 31 before he could start a family.