What happened during Sturt's journey in 1829?

Answer 1

It depends on which journey is meant. Sturt departed in late 1828 to trace the Macquarie River. Following the Macquarie inland, he and his party came to a smaller river which he named the Bogan, after an Aboriginal word meaning "birthplace of a king". Sturt followed the Bogan downstream past the site of today's Bourke, until he arrived suddenly at what he described as "a noble river", on 2 February 1829. This was the Darling, which Sturt named after Governor Darling. The discovery of the Darling brought a new element to the mystery of the rivers: its banks clearly showed that during flood-times, it would carry huge amounts of water. Later in 1829, Sturt departed Sydney to trace the course of the Murrumbidgee River, and to see whether it joined to the Darling. On this expedition, Sturt discovered that the Murrumbidgee River flowed into the Murray (previously named the Hume), as did the Darling. By following the Murray in the whaleboat, Sturt found that it flowed to the southern ocean, emptying out at Lake Alexandrina on the south coast. However, these discoveries were made in 1830, rather than 1829.