Edward Eyre

Wylie was the Aborigine who faithfully accompanied Edward Eyre across the Nullarbor Plain, from Streaky Bay to Albany in the west.

Edward Eyre's journey was beset with numerous interesting events, some good and some bad.

Eyre sought to be the first to make the crossing through central Australia from south to north, but his way was blocked by saltpans. He was unlucky enough to not find any of the breaks between the saltpans, so he was convinced that a vast, horseshoe-shaped salt lake lay in central Australia, and maps of Australia reflected this error for many years. Eyre then made the choice to be the first to make the crossing west, as he did not wish to return to adelaide without having achieved anything at all.

Lack of water was a huge problem for Eyre on his initial attempt to go north, but he was helped by Aborigines of the Anangu tribe, who helped his party find and collect water. The Anangu was very generous, always sharing their food and water supplies whenever Eyre encountered them. Even after they showed Eyre's party how to dig for water, Eyre's men could not successfully dig, as the sand in the hole they dig kept falling in and refilling the hole. The Aborigines actually got into the hole for Eyre's men, with one supporting the sand wall with his back in what Eyre described in his journal as being in a cramped and uncomfortable position for some time, while he scooped out enough water for not only Eyre's men, but his horses as well.

Eyre took three Aborigines as guides with him on his trek. One, a Western Australian Aborigine named Wylie, remained a faithful companion. The other two wanted to return to their tribes in new South wales, so they murdered Eyre's overseer, John Baxter, and took off with most of the remaining food supplies, guns and gunpowder. Eyre couldn't even bury Baxter in the hard limestone of the Nullarbor Plain, but had to leave his body wrapped in a blanket on the surface. Baxter's body was never recovered, but the site of his murder is now marked by a cairn at Baxter Cliffs, along the great Australian Bight.

At one stage, Eyre and Wylie were starving so much that, when they exited the Nullarbor and found their way to the beach west of the Bight, they feasted on a dead penguin, and Wylie then proceeded to also completely demolish a dead wallaby.

Towards the end of his journey, Eyre was saved by Captain Rossiter of a French Whaling vessel. Rossiter brought Eyre and Wylie aboard, aloowing them to rest for two weeks, and even arranged for his horses to be freshly shod, fed and watered.

The Lake Eyre basin, meaning the rivers and creeks that feed Lake Eyre, covers almost a sixth of the Australian continent. Water reaches Lake Eyre from the Diamantina and Georgina Rivers in Queensland, which feed it in from the vast channel country of the north, the main catchment area, as well as from the Barcoo and Thomson Rivers in Queensland, parts of the Northern Territory, western New South Wales and, of course, South Austalia itself, via the Cooper Creek catchment.

Lake Eyre is most likely to have water following the monsoonal season in northern Australia. However, it fills only about once every decade, often remaining dry for longer periods than that.

No, he did not. Ayers Rock was named after the former Premier of South Australia, Sir Henry Ayers. Explorer William Gosse, of the South Australian Survey Department, became the first European explorer to see Ayers Rock. His expedition into the central interior departed Alice Springs in April 1873, heading in a northwesterly direction. Gosse discovered the rock (now known by its native name of Uluru) by accident during an expedition through Australia's interior. The need to find water for his camels forced him to take a more southerly course than he had originally planned. It was on 18 July 1873 that he sighted Ayers Rock, recording that, "This rock is certainly the most wonderful natural feature I have ever seen". (source: today.wmit.net - July 18)

Edward Eyre was initially accompanied by three Aborigines, but only one stayed loyal to him and made the complete crossing with him over the Nullarbor Plain. This was Wylie, who was from Albany in Western Australia. The other two Aborigines, who killed Eyre's white overseer, John Baxter, and made off with most of the supplies, were Joey and Yarry.

The original name for Lake Eyre was Lake Gregory. It was named by Babbage, the first European to recognise Lake Eyre as being a distinct lake from Lake Torrens, whereas it had been thought to be part of a huge horseshoe shaped lake. Lake Eyre was officially named after Edward John Eyre, the first European explorer to sight the Lake whilst trying to find a route to the north in 1840-41. He was the one who initially conceived the idea (incorrectly) that the salt lakes of central-northern South Australia made up one large horseshoe lake.

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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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.

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Eyre wanted to be the first to drive cattle overland from Sydney to the new colony of South Australia. In 1837, he travelled from Limestone Plains (today's site of Canberra), droving sheep and cattle to Melbourne, from where he 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 travel 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, hoping to cross the continent from south to north. 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.

Eyre's major journey was between Streaky Bay, on the western coast of the Eyre Peninsula, and Albany, or King George's Sound, in Western Australia. Eyre was the first to travel across the Nullarbor Plain.

i suspect that my great-grandfather's uncle was Edward John Eyre. my cousins and i had been told this since childhood. My grandmother was Elizabeth Thomson Eyre who was the daughter of George Eyre and Jane Thomson. George was the son of William Eyre who should be Edward John Eyre's brother if the family story is true. William was born in 1828, probably in Nottingham and married Jane Scarr of Leeds. However William and Jane were under age when they married in 1844. William married under an assumed name (Eyreroe) which does not appear to be recorded anywhere else in history! He gave his father's name as John Eyreroe, a mason, on the marriage certificate. Could William have been a late addition to the family of Edward John Eyre's parents? Or perhaps an illegitimate child of one of his sisters? There are two (?) sisters listed in the 19th centurt censuses. Given the difficulty I had in finding his marriage, I could easily suspect William of being an outcast from the family. Neville Biggs, Australia.

Edward John Eyre did not travel across the Great Australian Bight. He was not a seafaring explorer. He travelled across the Nullarbor Plain, which is the desert area north of the Great Australian Bight.

Eyre hoped to be the first to cross Australia from south to north. He was unlucky enough to find his way blocked by saltpans as far as he could see, so assumed - incorrectly - that the entire inland of Australia was a huge horseshoe shaped salt lake. He did not realise that there were breaks between the lakes. Because he was unable to travel north, he was determined to achieve something new for the colony of South Australia. This is why he chose to be the first to make the crossing from east to west.

From 1839, Eyre made several exploration ventures into the countryside north of Adelaide. In May 1839, Eyre departed Adelaide to explore countryside to the north. It was on this journey that he discovered and named Mount Remarkable.

In June 1840, Eyre left Adelaide to explore north towards the centre of Australia. He encountered salt lake after salt lake: each time he attempted to go around a salt lake, he found his way barred by yet another.

He then turned his attentions towards the goal of being the first European explorer to cross overland from east to west. Departing from Fowler's Bay on what is now the Eyre Peninsula, he travelled across the Nullarbor Plain to King George's Sound, now called Albany, finally reaching Albany and civilization on 7 July 1841.

Lake Eyre has been there for thousands of years and intermittently fills up with water when enough rain falls to the north of it. There are no real plans for development in the area or or that mater in the areas that comprise the water catchment that fill the lake. It would be safe to say that the situation will stay unchanged for the foreseeable future.

Of course. there are some substantial settlements on the Eyre Peninsula, including Port Lincoln.

See the related link for details of veterinarians in the Eyre Peninsula.

Edward John Eyre, born 5 August 1815, was the first white man to cross southern Australia from Adelaide to the west, travelling across the Nullarbor Plain to King George's Sound, now called Albany. 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.

Following this fruitless attempt, Eyre regrouped at Streaky Bay on the west coast of the Eyre Peninsula. He then continued west, which had never before been attempted, in a gruelling journey across the Nullarbor, during which his party faced starvation, murder and thirst. Source: today.wmit.net for 2 June

he did have a family, a wife 4 boys and 1 girl.

John Eyre was Jane Eyre's uncle in the book, "Jane Eyre." He was a Maderian trader that was looking for Jane.