Explorer Edmund Kennedy was killed by Aborigines just short of his destination of Cape York on 11 December 1848.
He died in the arms of his faithful aboriginal guide, Jacky-Jacky, who then went on to meet the ship off the tip of Cape York. His body was never found.
No, he never married, but he had a son by an affair with an immigrant Irish girl, by the name of Margaret Murphy.
Bobby Kennedy died on June 5th 1968.
Graham Kennedy died on May 25, 2005 at the age of 71.
See the Web Links to the left for information. The websites that these pages are part of will be useful for future research on other aspects of Australian history.
Australian explorer Edmund Kennedy first joined Major Thomas Mitchell's 1845-46 expedition to the interior of Queensland, where he gained considerable exploration experience. 'In 1847, Kennedy led another expedition to follow the Barcoo River in south-western Queensland to see if it would lead to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Although Kennedy discovered this was not the case, he did continue southwest, discovering the Thomson River.Of more fame was Kennedy's ill-fated expedition to Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland. In 1848 Kennedy departed Rockingham Bay near Townsville, for the purpose of mapping the eastern coast of north Queensland.
Edmund P. Kennedy died on 1844-03-28.
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 Kennedy National Park was created in 1977.
Australian explorer Edmund Kennedy was English. He was born on Guernsey, in the Channel Islands.
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 did not have any children as he died at the age of 31 before he could start a family.
No. Photography was only in its very earliest development when Edmund Kennedy died in 1848. No photographs of him exist - only sketches. A sketch of Kennedy can be found at the related link below,
Some of the places named after Australian explorer Edmund Kennedy are:Edmund Kennedy National Park in north Queensland, near Townsvillethe north Queensland electorate of KennedyKennedy Creek in Queensland
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