Australian Explorers

Edward Eyre was the first European to travel from the eastern half of Australian to the west on foot. His route took him across the Nullarbor Plain, and in doing so, he was able to clarify what lay inland of the Great Australian Bight.

Just prior to this journey, Eyre attempted to be the first explorer to travel from the South to the north, but he was blocked by the numerous salt pans of central South Australia. He did not identify any of the breaks between the salt pans, which were quite impassable, and because of this, he believed that the interior of the continent held a large horseshoe-shaped lake. His maps indicated that it was impossible to get through to the north through the centre of Australia, and unfortunately, this held back exploration of the inland by about fifteen years.

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John Oxley explored the Lachlan River in May 1817. It was on 17 May that he discovered the Lachlan River overflowed its banks and he could no longer determine where the main channel was, in order to follow it.

Ludwig Leichhardt was not known to be married, or to have children.

Explorers of Australia Burke and Wills died on the banks of Cooper Creek during their failed attempt to cross Australia from south to north and back. Their camp near where they died was close to where the present-day town of Innamincka now stands, in the far northeast of South Australia. they had reached the Gulf of Carpentaria, but on their return journey were unable to continue past their Cooper Creek camp.

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There were many great explorers in Australia's history. Strzelecki was neither greater nor lesser than any of them.

Ernest Giles made several expeditions in the Australian desert. While most of them were around central Australia, in many of them he branched off to Western Australia. His expeditions did much to unravel the mysteries of central Western Australia and the deserts, and he was instrumental in clearing some of the mystery surrounding the inland of Australia.

Peter Lalor moved to Australia to start his life with one of his brothers. That's when it all started. The Gold Rush occurred. He became a famous man known for being the leader of the Eureka Stockade, as well as the politician. After this event, he was highly respected and became a member of Parliament shortly after, and was commemorated for his brave efforts. He was the only outlaw to have made it to the Parliament. He participated in the Upper House and the Lower House.

Yes, he did. When Sturt explored the Murray River, an Aborigine he befriended one day was able to prevent hostilities with a larger group of Aborigines which Sturt encountered near the junction with the Darling River. Sturt's party continued on their way unharmed.

It depends on which expedition is meant. Edmund Kennedy did three expeditions.

1. In 1845, he was appointed second-in-command to Sir THomas Mitchell. The purpose of this expedition was to search for an overland route to the Gulf of Carpentaria, although Kennedy did little more than maintain Mitchell's base camp for four months.

2. In 1847, Kennedy volunteered to continue where Mitchell's previous expedition 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.

3. His final journey was in 1848, when his purpose was to chart the northern coastline from Rockingham Bay to Cape York Peninsula - this was the journey on which he speared to death by hostile Aborigines. Only his own aboriginal guide, Jackey-Jackey, survived this trek.

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Kennedy first joined Major Thomas Mitchell's 1845-46 expedition to the interior of Queensland, where he gained considerable exploration experience. This was a successful expedition, as Kennedy proved himself to be an able explorer.

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. His discovery meant that his expedition was successful.

It was only Kennedy's final expedition to Cape York Peninsula in northern Queensland which was unsuccessful. His purpose was to map the eastern coast of north Queensland. A ship was to meet him at the Cape after his journey. By the time Kennedy's party reached Weymouth Bay in November, they were starving and exhausted from the difficult trek through dense rainforest and the difficulty of crossing the Great Dividing Range. Because of illness among the party, Kennedy continued on alone with a loyal Aborigine named Jackey-Jackey. He was close to reaching his rendezvous with the ship when he found himself surrounded by hostile aborigines. Despite Jackey-Jackey trying to hold off the Aborigines with gunfire, Kennedy was speared to death, dying in the arms of his Aboriginal companion.

Hamilton Hume was selected to be part of a small expedition sent by Governor Macquarie in 1818 to find an overland route south from Sydney to Jervis Bay. Together with James Meehan, he discovered Lake Bathurst and the Goulburn Plains.

Hume is probably better known for his expedition to find an overland route from Sydney to Port Phillip in what is now southern Victoria. Together with William Hovell, Hume discovered numerous rivers of Victoria, such as the Mitta Mitta, Kiewa, Broken, Goulburn and Ovens. Hume and Hovell first discovered the Murray River, but they called it the Hume, a name which Sturt later changed when he followed it.

Hume also accompanied Sturt in 1828, and became one of the first Europeans to discover Darling River.

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.

After a short illness Giles died of pneumonia at his nephew's house in Coolgardie, Western Australia, on 13 November 1897 and was buried at the Coolgardie Cemetery.

John McDouall Stuart made some discoveries which were extremely valuable, bringing long-term benefits to Australia.

Stuart's first experience in exploration was when he was employed as a draughtsman by Captain Charles Sturt on an expedition into the desert interior. He used the skills he developed from this experience to further his own exploration ventures, discovering more of what lay beyond Adelaide and other settled areas of the colony of South Australia. He was able to add much more information by way of features to the map of inland Australia.

Stuart was the first recorded explorer to successfully cross Australia from south to north, and back again, returning alive. Because he led a total of five expeditions in the attempt to be the first to cross the continent from south to north, he developed an extensive knowledge of the inland deserts, and this helped tremendously in charting the interior of the continent. He finally succeeded on his fifth attempt, reaching the northern waters at Chambers Bay in July 1862.

This exploration had major benefits. South Australia had been a struggling colony, not having the same degree of good, fertile soil or large rivers that the other colonies had. Stuart's exploration brought South Australia (represented by Stuart) into the limelight and gave the colony new significance. Because of Stuart's success, South Australia was given control of the area of Australia now known as the Northern Territory. In particular, Stuart found a route for the building of the new Overland Telegraph Line from Adelaide to Darwin. This meant that messages from the rest of the world came into northern Australia and were then relayed to Adelaide first, from where they were relayed to other major centres in Australia.

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John Oxley explored the Brisbane River late in 1823.

Oxley departed Sydney in October 1823, travelling by sea north along the coastline, with the aim of finding a suitable settlement for convicts in the north. On 2 December 1823, Oxley came across the entrance to a fiver which he named the Brisbane River (after Governor Brisbane), which ticket-of-leave convict timber-getters, Parsons, Pamphlett and Finnegan had already discovered by accident. He then explored upstream in the Brisbane River, as far as Priors Pocket, opposite where Goodna is now located. Oxley was subsequently credited with the discovery of the Brisbane River.

Sturt married Charlotte Christiana Greene on 20th September 1834.

The Murray Darling basin covers a vast area of Australia, much of which is prime agricultural land. The basin has naturally high saline levels in its soils, geology, surface water and groundwater, as noted by the explorer Charles Sturt back in 1829, but these increased through the twentieth century, remaining a problem in the 21st century. Both the Murray and Darling Rivers, and their numerous tributaries, are vital for providing water water for irrigation, watering stock and general human use.

The problem is that salinity levels are rising, not only in the rivers but on the land. Over-irrigation, intensive land use and the growing of crops that are really unsuitable for Australia's conditions (e.g. cotton and rice, both of which need a lot of water) has resulted in increased land salinity. Currently there are very few controls on how much water is diverted for crops upstream in the Darling River catchment, and so the regions further downstream suffer more, including from where the Darling empties into the Murray.

As salinity levels increase, the water and soil both become less suitable for agricultural and human use, rendering one of Australia's largest agricultural regions far less usable. This is the problem currently facing the Federal government, as it fights the various state governments for greater control and protection of this vital river system.

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Gregory Blaxland was a very volatile personality. Always a turbulent and erratic-tempered man, he committed suicide by hanging himself.