Australian Explorers

As with most explorers, Major Thomas Mitchell explored in order to find good countryside, as settlers always needed more pastureland and grazing land.

However, one of Mitchell's primary motivations was pride. Ever since Charles Sturt was chosen to lead an expedition that Mitchell believed he had earned the right to lead, he sought ways to discredit fellow explorer Charles Sturt. Mitchell was determined to prove Sturt was wrong when he said that the Darling River flowed into the Murray. He felt it was a great indignity that Sturt, whom he regarded as inexperienced, was sent on the important expedition of charting the NSW interior. Mitchell was also a very skilled surveyor and accurate map-maker. If the new country was going to be explored and charted, he wanted to be sure it was done accurately, and he felt that he should be the one to do it.

There were also some specific features that Mitchell was investigating. His first expedition was to see if a river named the Kindur existed. The Kindur was described by an escaped convict as flowing to the north coast, and if this was true, it could open up a whole new transport route to the north. (The Kindur did not exist, and the convict was just trying to escape a heavy penalty.) Later, on Mitchell's fourth (and least-known journey), he was hoping to find a great river flowing northwest to the Gulf of Carpentaria for the same reason, but no such river existed.

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Charles Sturt's early expeditions were very successful. He discovered and named the Darling River. He also discovered where the inland rivers flowed, as the Lachlan River flowed into the Murrumbidgee River and the Murrumbidgee flowed into the Murray, which then was found to empty into the Southern Ocean. This discovery opened up much of inland New South Wales for settlement, and also led to the colonisation of South Australia.

However, Sturt was certain there must be an inland sea, and he explored through the inland deserts in an attempt to find it. He failed to find the object of his search, as no inland sea exists, but he helped map more of Australia's interior.

Edward Eyre died on 30 November 1901, at the age of 85.

Yes, Edward John Eyre was an English explorer who traversed the Australian continent on various expeditions during the 19th century. Eyre is known for his journey from Adelaide to Albany in 1840-1841, during which he became the first European to cross the Nullarbor Plain.

Hume and Hovell explored between October 1824 and January 1825. They set out from Lake George in New South Wales and journeyed to Port Phillip in Victoria, Australia. The expedition covered over 800 miles and greatly contributed to the understanding and exploration of the Australian continent.

Ludwig Leichhardt was one of Australia's epic explorers. Born in 1813 in Prussia , he was a keen student of philosophy, languages and natural sciences in Germany. Although he never received a degree, he was a passionate botanist. Leichhardt arrived in Australia in 1842, and immediately showed interest in exploration.

Leichhardt made a total of three expeditions. In October 1844, he left from Jimbour on the Darling Downs to find a new route to Port Essington, near Darwin. Leichhardt was not a good bushman, lacked skills of organising his party, and often became lost. One man was killed by aborigines on the marathon expedition, and numerous horses and supplies were lost. Leichhardt reluctantly discarded his extensive collection of botanical specimens, as there were too many to carry. His journey of nearly 5,000km took so much longer than expected that a friend of Leichhardt's composed a funeral dirge for him, expecting to never see him again. However, Leichhardt reached Port Essington in December 1845. His second expedition, from the Darling Downs in Queensland to Perth in Western Australia, commenced in December 1846. However, wet weather and malaria forced the party to return after they had travelled only 800km.

Leichhardt's final expedition began in March 1848, picking up where his second expedition left off. However, somewhere in Australia's vast outback, Leichhardt, together with six other men, eight horses, fifty bullocks and twenty mules, vanished. Many theories have abounded as to what happened, and many claim to have found evidence of the remains of the expedition, but what really happened remains one of Australia's enduring mysteries.

The end result of the exploration of Charles Sturt had long-term significance for Australia. He charted the Murray River to its mouth at the Southern Ocean, and the ramifications of this were considerable.

Sturt first traced the Macquarie River as far as the Darling, which he named after Governor Darling. He then followed the Murrumbidgee River, discovering that the Murrumbidgee River flowed into the Murray (previously named the Hume), as did the Darling. By following the Murray in a collapsible whaleboat, Sturt found that it flowed to the southern ocean, emptying out at Lake Alexandrina on the south coast. A major result of his exploration was in opening up the inland waterways of New South Wales for transportation via paddlesteamers, opening new areas for settlement and contributing to the colony's growth. He solved the mystery of the westward flowing rivers, one which had puzzled the colonists, as they expected rivers to flow towards the sea, not away from it. The expedition was valuable for opening up Australia's inland waterways to the transportation of people and goods.

Sturt led further expeditions into Australia's interior to determine conclusively whether there was an inland sea, but found only the desert and harsh conditions, completely unsuitable for settlement - but in doing so, answered the age-old question of what lay in Australia's interior.

Charles Sturt began his explorations in Australia in 1828, setting out to find the inland sea that was believed to exist in the middle of the continent. Over the course of several expeditions, Sturt made significant contributions to the mapping and understanding of central Australia.

Paul Strzelecki explored parts of Australia, particularly in the 1840s. He is known for his exploration of the Snowy Mountains region in New South Wales and his ascent of Mount Kosciuszko, the highest peak in Australia.

Edward John Eyre did not discover Australia. Australia was already inhabited by Indigenous peoples for thousands of years before European exploration began. Eyre was an English explorer who explored parts of Australia in the 19th century, but he was not the first European to discover the continent.

Yes. Hamilton Hume was a nineteenth century Australian explorer. He was born on 19 June 1797 and died on 19 April 1873.

On 31st of October, John Oxley married Emma Norton at St Philip's Church. They had two sons, John and Henry, but earlier Oxley had two daughters by Charlotte Thorpe and one by Elizabeth Marnon. He kept a little town house in Sydney, opposite St James's Church.

The Tom Thumb was the name of the small boat in which explorers George Bass and Matthew Flinderscircumnavigated of what was then Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania).

William Bligh, the British naval officer who is best known for his role in the mutiny on the Bounty, had seven children with his wife, Elizabeth.

Adelaide Ormond and Edward John Eyre did not have children together. Edward John Eyre had a son from a previous marriage named Edward John Eyre Jr.

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No, John Oxley did not discover the Bogan River. The Bogan River was known to the Aboriginal people who inhabited the area long before European settlement. John Oxley was an explorer and surveyor in colonial Australia, but he did not discover the Bogan River.

The grave of Captain Charles Sturt is in the Cheltenham cemetery in the United Kingdom.

The main purpose of Hume and Hovell's expedition was to explore new land with a view to expanding settlement. They hoped to find new land, and they also hoped to find an overland route to the southern coast. Prior to Hume and Hovell's expedition, the only route to the south was by sea.

Hamilton Hume was Australian-born; he was a farmer with excellent bush skills. Hume was interested in exploring south of the region of Sydney in the hope of opening up new areas of land. He was unable to get Government support, but he met up with William Hovell, an English former ship's captain who was keen to assist Hume's expedition financially, and accompany him.

Together with George Bass, Matthew Flinders completed much sea exploration around Australia, adding to the knowledge of the coastline, and producing accurate maps. Flinders, together with Bass, was the first to prove that Van Diemen's Land, or Tasmania, was an island and not connected to the mainland.

Flinders was also the first to circumnavigate the continent, and between December 1801 and June 1803, he charted most of the coastline of Australia.

Matthew Flinders is important because he made a significant contribution to the exploration and mapping of the continent. He explored and charted the coast north and south of Sydney. Between December 1801 and June 1803, Flinders circumnavigated and charted the entire coastline of Australia, filling in the gaps of what was known about the continent. He was also the one who suggested the name Australia for the continent.

Some of his exploration and discoveries were as follows:

Flinders, together with Bass, proved that Van Diemen's Land (now Tasmania) was an island, and not connected to the mainland.

Flinders explored Moreton Bay in what is Queensland's southeast, naming several points of interest. He landed at, and named, Red Cliff Point, now Redcliffe, just north of Brisbane, as well as Coochiemudlo Island.

While circumnavigating Australia, Flinders spent three weeks exploring and charting King George's Sound, now Albany, in Western Australia.

He discovered and named Kangaroo Island off the South Australian coast.

He spent several days exploring and mapping Port Phillip Bay, where the city of Melbourne now stands.

The practical reason for Matthew Flinders's voyages was to chart the Australian coastline and fill in the gaps left by previous English and Dutch explorers. This was the task for which he was commissioned.

Personally, however, while Matthew Flinders was inspired by reports of Captain James Cook's voyages, it was after reading Daniel Defoe's "Robinson Crusoe" that he decided he wanted to be an explorer and sailor.