Edward Eyre

As an overlander and an explorer, Edward Eyre had only two forms of transport available to him: walking, and horseback.

Edward Eyre was important because, like each of the explorers, he added to the knowledge of what lay in Australia's interior. So much of his exploring was done in hope of advancing the newly established colony of SouthAustralia.

Eyre wanted to be the first to drive cattle overland from Sydney to the new colony of South Australia. He first explored in 1837, when he departed from Limestone Plains (today's site of Canberra), with over a thousand sheep and cattle. He travelled first to Melbourne, then tried to head directly west to Adelaide. Conditions were difficult, as it was a drought year, so he could not get through the mallee country of western Victoria. Eyre had to retrace his steps to the Murray River, and his first explorations were not successful.

In 1839, Eyre left Adelaide to explore north. He discovered excellent countryside just north of Adelaide and around today's Hutt River. It was on this journey that he discovered and named Mount Remarkable. Eyre finally arrived at the head of Spencer Gulf on 15 May 1839, where he discovered and named Depot Creek.

Eyre left Adelaide in June 1840 to explore north towards the centre of Australia. He did not get very far as he was blocked by salt lake after salt lake: each time he attempted to go around a salt lake, he found his way barred by yet another. This led to Eyre's theory that Adelaide was surrounded by a vast horseshoe-shaped salt lake. By sheer bad luck, Eyre was unable to locate any of the breaks between the numerous salt-lakes which encircled the area. In September 1840, Eyre climbed and named "Mt Hopeless". Following this unsuccessful attempt, Eyre returned to Streaky Bay, on the western coast of the Eyre Peninsula. From there he then travelled to past where Ceduna is today, reaching Fowler's Bay on 17 November 1840. At this point, he chose to go west, which no-one had ever tried before. He finally reached Albany in June 1841 in an amazing journey of courage and endurance across the Nullarbor Plain.

Edward John Eyre was 85 years old when he died. He was born on 5 August 1815 and died on 30 November 1901.

Australian explorer Edward Eyre was arguably best known for his incredible feat of crossing the Nullarbor Plain from Streaky Bay, on the western coast of the Eyre Peninsula, to Albany, or King George's Sound, in Western Australia. Eyre was the first to travel across the Nullarbor Plain.

Edward Eyre had a significant effect in bridging the gap between east and west. Prior to his expedition, no one knew what lay between Adelaide and Perth. Eyre's journey paved the way for the building of a road, and later a railway, after his route was surveyed several decades later by John Forrest.

Unfortunately, Eyre also slowed development of a route between the south and the north. Due to his bad luck in striking several of the smaller salt lakes thay lay in central South Australia, he believed that a huge horseshoe-shaped salt lake lay between Adelaide and the northern coast, and his reports that it was impossible to get through influenced the direction of Australian exploration for the next two decades by preventing anyone from attempting to get through.

He wanted to help advance the new colony in South Australia

Edward Eyre was the first European explorer to cross the Australian continent from east to west. Born in 1815 in Hornsea, Yorkshire, he came to Australia as a young man and gained valuable bush skills whilst droving cattle overland from Sydney through to the Liverpool Plains, Molonglo and Port Phillip.

Eyre originally intended to cross the continent from south to north, taking with him his overseer, John Baxter, and three Aborigines. He was forced to revise his plans when his way became blocked by the numerous saltpans of South Australia, leading him to believe that a gigantic inland sea in the shape of a horseshoe prevented access to the north. It was then, in 1840, that he set out from what is now called the Eyre Peninsula in South Australia, making his way across the Nullarbor Plain to Albany in the the west.

Eyre wanted to be the first to drive cattle overland from Sydney to the new colony of South Australia. He first explored in 1837, when he departed from Limestone Plains (today's site of Canberra), with over a thousand sheep and cattle. He travelled first to Melbourne, then tried to head directly west to Adelaide. Conditions were difficult, as it was a drought year, so he could not get through the mallee country of western Victoria. Eyre had to retrace his steps to the Murray River, and his first explorations were not successful.

In 1839, Eyre left Adelaide to explore north. He discovered excellent countryside just north of Adelaide and around today's Hutt River. It was on this journey that he discovered and named Mount Remarkable. Eyre finally arrived at the head of Spencer Gulf on 15 May 1839, where he discovered and named Depot Creek.

Eyre left Adelaide in June 1840 to explore north towards the centre of Australia. He did not get very far as he was blocked by salt lake after salt lake: each time he attempted to go around a salt lake, he found his way barred by yet another. This led to Eyre's theory that Adelaide was surrounded by a vast horseshoe-shaped salt lake. By sheer bad luck, Eyre was unable to locate any of the breaks between the numerous salt-lakes which encircled the area. In September 1840, Eyre climbed and named "Mt Hopeless".

Following this unsuccessful attempt, Eyre returned to Streaky Bay, on the western coast of the Eyre Peninsula. From there he then travelled to past where Ceduna is today, reaching Fowler's Bay on 17 November 1840. At this point, he chose to go west, which no-one had ever tried before. He finally reached Albany in June 1841 in an amazing journey of courage and endurance across the Nullarbor Plain.

Edward John Eyre was born on 5 August 1815 in Hornsea, Yorkshire, England.

Edward Eyre died of natural causes at the age of 85.

Like some of the other early Australian explorers, Eyre faced exhaustion, starvation and thirst. on his attempt to cross Australia from south to north, he was blocked by a series of salt lakes. These forced him back to Fiwler's Bay, where he made the decision to cross from east to west. The Anangu people (Aborigines) saved his party on this journey by showing him how to find water, and even digging the well for him when it became apparent that his men were incapable of doing it properly.

The journey west was particularly arduous, and Eyre was forced to offload every last bit of non-vital equipment - even his prized copy of Sturt's explorations which Sturt had given him. Eyre's major problem, however, was the murder of his overseer John Baxter, by two of the Aborigines who accompanied him. He was forced to continue on with just one faithful companion, Wylie, a Western Australian Aborigine.

Lake Eyre, Australia has a surface area of 9500km2

Edward Eyre discovered Lake Eyre on 27 August 1840. Lake Eyre was one of several salt lakes which blocked Eyre's attempt to cross from south to north. Other salt lakes which seemed to Eyre to form an impassable horseshoe-shaped barrier included Lake Blanche, Lake Torrens and Lake Callabonna.

After marrying in 1850, Edward John Eyre had 5 children: four sons and a daughter.

Yes. Edward Eyre was the first European to attempt to drive cattle and sheep from New South Wales to Adelaide. It was while he was on this expedition in 1838 that he came across Lake Hindmarsh and camped there. Eyre named the lake after the Governor of South Australia, Sir John Hindmarsh.

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Edward Eyre's father was Anthony William Eyre (vicar of Hornsea and Long Riston).

His mother was Sarah (née Mapleton).

Eyre married Adelaide Fanny, daughter of Captain Osmond, and together they had four sons and one daughter.

In 1840, Edward Eyre discovered Lake Eyre, which was one of several salt lakes which blocked Eyre's attempt to cross from south to north. Other salt lakes which seemed to Eyre to form an impassable horseshoe-shaped barrier included Lake Blanche, Lake Torrens and Lake Callabonna, also discovered by Eyre but believed to be part of an inland sea. Eyre incorrectly formed the opinion that they all formed one large salt lake. It was another couple of decades before further exploration showed that they were separate salt lakes, and not an inland sea.

Edward Eyre is better known for being the first European to cross Australia from Adelaide to Albany, or east to west, rather than for any great discoveries.

Lake Eyre changes so often due to climatic and environmental reasons.