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The History of Australian Exploration from 1788 to 1888

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Sergison, A. W., and R. Travers--
Explored the country about the Daly and Fitzmaurice Rivers. 1877.

Shortland, Lieutenant--
With three ships, from Sydney to England, passed through Bougainville's
Strait, north-west coast. 1788.

Discovered Hunter River. 1797.

Solander, Dr.--
Swedish botanist. Accompanied Captain Cook in the ENDEAVOUR. 1770.

Somerset--
Settlement at Cape York. Mr. Jardine, Police Magistrate at Rockhampton,
took command, and a detachment of marines was stationed there. 1863.

Stewart, Captain--
Sent by Governor Macquarie to search for a passage supposed to exist
between Lake Bathurst and the sea. He lost his boat in Twofold Bay, and
on endeavouring to reach Sydney overland, was cut off by the natives.
1820.

Stirling, Captain--
Accompanied by Charles Frazer, in H.M.S. SUCCESS, surveyed coast from
King George's Sound to the Swan River. 1828.

Stock, Edwin (and party)--
West of Lake Eyre. 1857.

Stockdale, Harry--
Started on an expedition from Cambridge Gulf to explore the country in
the neighbourhood with a view to settlement. Landed by steamer in
Cambridge Gulf, and probably the first landing that had taken place since
Captain Stokes. After a hard struggle, reached the telegraph line with
one man; sending back relief to the others. 1884.

Stokes, Captain John Lort--
Took command of the BEAGLE on retirement of Captain T. C. Wickham, and
continued the survey, which completed our geographical knowledge of the
Australian coast. The survey continued from 1837 to 1845.

Strzelecki, Count--
Followed on M'Millan's tracks when he discovered Gipps Land, and has
often been erroneously considered the discoverer. The object of this trip
was to gather material for his now well-known book, "The Physical
Description of New South Wales, Victoria, and Van Dieman's Land." He
mounted the Alps, and named one of the highest peaks Kosciusko, from its
fancied resemblance to the patriot's tomb at Cracow. 1840.

Stuart, J. M'Dowall--
First expedition west of Lake Torrens. 1858.

Made another start, discovering Hergott Springs and the Neale. His
horses' shoes having given out he returned, remembering the misery he
suffered on his first expedition from the want of them. 1859.

Left on his third expedition, in the vicinity of Lake Eyre, reached the
centre of Australia and named a tolerable high mount Central Mount
Stuart. Christened the Murchison Range and Tennant's Creek, but failed to
reach the head waters of the Victoria owing to a dry strip of country.
1861.

Last expedition. Crossed the continent from shore to shore, from the
south coast to the north. His health never recovered the hardships
endured on this journey. 1861-62.

Died in England. 1869.

Sturt, Captain Charles (39th Regiment)--
First expedition, accompanied by H. Hume, to find the course of the
Macquarie, that had baffled Oxley. Discovered the Darling, New Year's
Creek (Bogan). 1828-29.

Started on his Murrumbidgee expedition. Sailed down the Murray. Found its
confluence with the Darling, and followed the united streams to the lake
that terminated the Murray. 1829-30.

Great Central Desert expedition, Poole second in command, M'Dowall
Stuart as draftsman. 1844-45. His last expedition.

Sutherland, Captain--
On a sealing voyage, visited Port Lincoln. 181 g.

Swinden, Charles--
With others looking for pastoral country west of Lake Eyre. 1857.

Tasman, Abel Janz--
In command of the HEEMSKIRK, and Gerrit Jansen, with the NEEHAAN,
discovered Van Dieman's Land. Afterwards took possession of New Holland.
1642.

With the LIMMEN, ZEEMEUW, and DE BRAK. After his discovery of Van
Dieman's Land undertook this second expedition to determine, if possible,
whether Nova Guinea and New Holland were one continent; also, if Tasmania
joined one or the other. His journal has never been found, but an outline
copy of his chart was inlaid in the floor of the Groote Zaal in the
Stadhuys in Amsterdam. Many of the names still retained in the Gulf of
Carpentaria are memorials of his visit. 1644.

Tench, Captain--
Crossed the Nepean. 1789.

With Dawes and Morgan explored south-west of Rose Hill. 1790.

Testu, Guillaume Le--
Claims to early discovery of Australia, based upon a map now in the Depôt
de la Guerre, at Paris, bearing his name and the date. 1542.

Thompson D. (and party)--
West of Lake Eyre searching for pastoral country. 1857.

Torres, Luis Vaez de--
With Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, sailed round Cape York and discovered
Torres Straits. 1606.

Travers, R--
With A. W. Sergison, explored the country about the Daly and Fitzmaurice
Rivers. 1877.

Vancouver, Captain George--
In the DISCOVERY and CHATHAM, explored the south-west coast, and
discovered and named King George's Sound. 1791.

"Vergulde Draeck" (The)--
From Batavia. Lost on Houtman's Abrolhos. 1656.

Vlaming, William de--
Came to the South Land in search of the RIDDERSCHAP, a vessel supposed to
have been wrecked on the coast of New Holland. He found and named the
Swan River. At Dirk Hartog's Roads he found the plate left by Hartog, and
added to it another inscription. After careful examination of the coast
as far as North-West Cape, left for Batavia with his ships the GEELVINK,
NYPTANGH, and WEZELTJE. 1695.

"Vossenbach" "Wayer", and "Nova Hollandia"--
Under command of Martin Von Delft. Sent to investigate the north coast.
The last voyage of discovery by the Dutch. 1705.

Walker, Frederick--
The leader of the Rockhampton search party for and Wills. Pushed through
from the Barcoo to the depôt found on the Gilbert. Fresh provisioned,
they returned and reached the Lower Burdekin well nigh horseless, and
quite starving. 1861-62.

Examining the country at the back of Rockingham Bay, and marking a
telegraph line from there to the mouth of the Norman River, in the Gulf
of Carpentaria. 1864.

Warburton, Major--
Investigated the country west of Lake Torrens. 1857.

Superseded Babbage. This trip established the definite size and shape of
Lake Torrens, so long the terror of the north, preventing advancement.
1858.

Led an expedition to cross from the overland telegraph line to Perth. The
expedition was fitted out with camels, but owing to their constant delays
provisions fell short and sickness came. Warburton determined to push
through the desert country he had got into, and travelled chiefly at
night. Being too much occupied in pressing through, had no time to look
at the country on either side. Thus it was all pronounced desert, and of
seventeen camels only two survived, the starving party being obliged to
slaughter some for food. 1873.

Welch, Edwin J.--
Surveyor and second in command of A. W. Howitt's relief party for Burke
and Wills. Found King, the only survivor of Burke and Wills' expedition.
Since the death of his companion, King had been existing for nearly three
months with the blacks. 1861. [See Appendix.]

Wentworth, Charles--
With Messrs. Lawson and Blaxland, succeeded in crossing the Blue
Mountains. 1813.

Wickham, Captain John Clements--
Commander of the BEAGLE. Retired through ill-health. 1841. Succeeded by
Captain J. L. Stokes. Left England 1837 to continue the survey of the
coasts of Australia, and so minutely examined the shores that the outline
of the continent was perfectly complete. The survey continued from 1837
to 1841.

Wills, William John--
Surveyor and astronomer on Burke and Wills' expedition (See Burke.)
1860-61.

Winnecke and Barclay--
Two surveyors dispatched by the South Australian Government in 1878 to
reach the Queensland border from the overland telegraph line, it being a
matter of moment to settle the position of the border line between the
two colonies. Another attempt in 1880 proved successful. 1878-80.

Witt, Willem de--
In the VIANEN, sighted the north-west coast and reported (see De Witt) it
"a foul and barren shore, green fields, and very wild, barbarous
inhabitants." 1628.

Zeachern, Captain--
In the MAURITIUS, claims to have discovered Arnheim's Land. 1618.

"Zeehaan" (The)--
Under command of Captain Gerrit Jansen, accompanied by Abel Janz Tasman
in the HEEMSKIRK. Discovered Van Dieman's Land, and took possession of
New Holland. 1642.

"Zeemeuw," "Limmen," and "De Brak"--
Under Abel Janz Tasman. 1644.

"Zeewyck" (The)--
Lost on Houtman's Abrolhos. In 1839 Captain Stokes found a gun and other
relics of this vessel on one of the islands. 1727.

Zouch, Lieutenant (N.S.W. Mounted Police)--
Sent in command of party to arrest the natives who murdered Richard
Cunningham, the botanist to Sir Thomas Mitchell's expedition. 1835. [See
Appendix.]




CHRONOLOGICAL SUMMARY.



1503--De Gonneville visited the South Seas, and is claimed by the French
to have touched on Australia.

1520--Magalhaens, the first circumnavigator, claims to have discovered
Australia. (Doubtful.)

1540--The Portuguese claims to early discovery of Australia are doubtful.

1542--Guillaume le Testu. Claims based on a map now in the Depôt de la
Guerre, at Paris, indicating Australia.

1601--Manoel Godinho de Eredia, a Spaniard. (Claim doubtful.)

1606--The DUYFHEN entered the Gulf of Carpentaria as far as Cape
Keer-Weer (Turn Again).

1606--Luis Vaez de Torres, with Pedro Fernandez de Quiros, discovered
Torres Straits.

1616--Dirk Hartog, in the ENDRACHT, visited the west coast.

1618--Zeachern, in the MAURITIUS, discovered Arnheim's Land.

1619--John Van Edels on the west coast.

1622--The Landt van de Leeuwin, south-west cape of Australia, named after
the ship LEEUWIN.

1623--Jan Carstens, with the yachts PERA and ARNHEIM; on the south-west
coast.

1627--Pieter Nuyts, in the GULDE ZEEPARD; western and southern coasts.

1628--Willem de Witt, the VIANEN; north-west coast named after him.

1628--Pieter Carpenter discovered the Gulf of Carpentaria.

1629--Francis Pelsart, in the BATAVIA; lost on Houtman's Albrolhos.

1636--Gerrit Tomaz Pool, with the KLYN, AMSTERDAM, and WEZEL; coast of
Arnheim's Land.

1642--Abel Janz Tasman and Gerrit Jansen, with the HEEMSKIRK and ZEEHAAN;
discovered Van Dieman's Land, and took possession of New Holland.

1644--Abel Janz Tasman, with the LIMMEN, ZEEMEUW, and DE BRAK west coasts
of Carpentaria.

1656--The VERGULDE DRAECK lost on Houtman's Albrohos.

1688--William Dampier, in the BACHELOR'S DELIGHT and CYGNET, with crews
of buccaneers.

1695--William de Vlaming, with the GEELVINK, NYPTANGH, and WEZELTJE,
named the Swan River.

1699--William Dampier, in the ROEBUCK; north-west coast of New Holland.

1705--Martin Van Delft, with the VOSSENBACH, WAYER, and NOVA HOLLANDIA;
on the west coast. This was the last voyage of discovery by the Dutch.

1721--Commodore Roggewein started for New Holland; discovered the
"Thousand Islands."

1727--The ZEEWYCK lost off Houtman's Abrolhos. In 1839, Captain Stokes
found a gun and other relics of this visit on an island.

1768--De Bougainville discovered the Louisade Archipelago.

1770--Captain James Cook, in the ENDEAVOUR; landed at Botany Bay;
explored the east coast, and took possession under the name of New South
Wales.

1772--Captain Marion du Fresne and Captain Crozet, from Nance, in the
MASCARIN and CASTRES to Tasmania. The first visitors after Tasman. From
thence they sailed to New Zealand, where they were murdered by the
Maories.

1772--Captain Tobias Furneaux, with the ADVENTURE; accompanied Captain
Cook on his second voyage in search of Australia. Separated from the
ENDEAVOUR, and afterwards, when he met Cook, gave as his opinion that
Tasmania and New South Wales were joined, with a deep bay intervening.
This opinion Cook thought sufficient to prevent the necessity of a
further examination by himself.

1777--De St. Alouarn anchored near Cape Leeuwin.

1788--Father le Receveur, naturalist; died at Botany Bay, while with La
Perouse in the ASTROLABE.

1788--Lieutenant Shortland, with three ships from Sydney to England
passed through Bougainville's Strait, north-west coast.

1788--Governor Phillip arrived in Botany Bay with the first fleet.

1788--Jean Francois Galup de la Perouse at Botany Bay.

1789--Hawkesbury discovered.

1789--Tench discovered the Nepean.

1790--Messrs. Tench, Dawes, and Morgan explore south and west of Rose
Hill.

1791--Captain George Vancouver, in the DISCOVERY and CHATHAM, explored
the south-west coast, and discovered King George's Sound.

1791--Captain William Bligh passed Cape York in the BOUNTY'S launch.

1791--Captain Edward Edwards, in search of the mutineers of the BOUNTY,
wrecked on a reef.

1791--Captain John M'Cluer sailed along Arnheim's Land to Cape Van
Dieman.

1792--Admiral Bruni D'Entrecasteaux in the RECHERCHE and L'ESPERANCE; to
seek La Perouse.

1792--Captains William Bligh and Portlock, in the PROVIDENCE and
ASSISTANT; examined Torres Straits.

1793--Matthew B. Alt and William Bampton, in the ships HORMUZEER and
CHESTERFIELD; through Torres Straits.

1793--Colonel Paterson rowed up the Hawkesbury, and named the Grose.

1793--Don Alexandro Malaspina, with the DESCOBIERTA and ATREVIDA, Spanish
discovery ships, arrived at Sydney. Was imprisoned on his return to
Calais.

1794--John Hayes, with the DUKE and DUCHESS; visited Tasmania re-named
the discoveries of D'Entrecasteaux.

1794--Quarter-master Hacking attempted to cross the Blue Mountains.

1795-96--Dr. George Bass and Matthew Flinders in the TOM THUMB.

1796--Lieutenant Bowen visited Jarvis Bay.

1796-97--Dr. George Bass; on the Blue Mountains.

1797-Dr.--George Bass's whaleboat survey of the coast to the southward.

1797--Lieutenant Shortland discovered the Hunter River.

1798--Dr. George Bass and Matthew Flinders, in the NORFOLK; discovered
Bass's Straits.

1798--Quarter-master Hacking revisits the Blue Mountains.

1799--Matthew Flinders, in the NORFOLK; to Glass-House and Hervey Bays.

1800--Christopher Dixon, in the ship ELLEGOOD; visited King George's
Sound.

1801--James Grant, in the LADY NELSON; examined Bass's Straits and
verified Bass's discovery.

1801--Ensign Barraillier; attempted exploration of the Blue Mountains.

1801-2--Matthew Flinders, in the INVESTIGATOR; prosecuted his survey of
the coasts of Australia.

1801-2--Captains Baudin and Hamelin, with the French ships NATURALISTE
and GÉOGRAPHE; on the Australian coasts.

1802--Lieut. John Murray and Surveyor Grimes, in the LADY NELSON
discovered and surveyed Port Phillip.

1803--George Cayley, botanist; attempt to discover pass over the Blue
Mountains.

1803--Lieutenant-Governor Daniel Collins, from England, in H.M.S.
CALCUTTA, to form a penal settlement at Port Phillip, accompanied by the
transport OCEAN. Landed the settlement at "The Sisters," and finally
decided that Port Phillip was unfit to meet the requirements of
settlement. They proceeded to Tasmania, where they were all murdered at
Hobart Town.

1804-5--Lieutenant Charles Robbins and John Oxley, in the cutter
INTEGRITY; examined Western Port with a view to settlement; opinion
unfavourable.

1813--Messrs. Wentworth, Lawson, and Blaxland succeeded in crossing the
Blue Mountains.

1814--Hamilton Hume, with his brother; explored the country round
Berrima. His first trip.

1815--Deputy-Surveyor Evans discovered the first Australian inland river,
the Macquarie.

1815--Cox finished a road over the Blue Mountains

1817--L. de Freycinet, in L'URANIE, touched at Sydney and Shark's Bay.

1817-20--Captain Phillip P. King, with Allan Cunningham, botanist, in the
cutter MERMAID; survey of the Australian coasts.

1817--Messrs. Meehan and Hume; discovered Lake George, Lake Bathurst, and
Goulburn Plains.

1817-19--John Oxley, Surveyor-General of New South Wales; Lachlan and
Macquarie expeditions.

1819--Surveyor-General Oxley, accompanied by Messrs. Meehan and Hume to
Jarvis Bay.

1819--Captain Sutherland, on a sailing voyage, visited Port Lincoln.

1820--Captain Stewart sent by Governor Macquarie with a small party in a
boat to search for a passage supposed to exist between Lake Bathurst and
the sea. He lost his boat in Twofold Bay, and on endeavouring to reach
Sydney overland was cut off by the natives.

1821-22--Captain Phillip P. King, in the BATHURST; continues the survey.

1822--Messrs. Lawson and Scott attempted to reach Liverpool Plains;
discover the Goulburn River.

1822-24--Captain Duperry in LA COQUILLE; voyage amongst the Line Islands

1823--Captain Currie and Major Ovens on the Murrumbidgee

1823--Allan Cunningham found Pandora's Pass; a good stock route to the
Liverpool Plains.

1823--Surveyor-General Oxley investigated Port Curtis, Port Bowen and
Moreton Bay. Discovered the Brisbane River.

1824--Sir Gordon Bremer, in the TAMAR; to Port Essington.

1824--Melville Island settled

1824--Hamilton Hume and W. H. Hovell journey overland to Port Phillip.

1824--Penal settlement at Moreton Bay.

1825--Allan Cunningham north of Bathurst.

1825--Major Lockyer made a boat excursion up the Brisbane River.

1826--Captain Dillon, in the RESEARCH, on the west coast,

1826--Major Lockyer, founded King George's Sound settlement.

1826--Captain Dumont D'Urville, in the ASTROLABE, from touched at Bass's
Strait.

1826--Fort Wellington and Raffles Bay founded.

1827-28--Captain Gould on the south coast, near Port Lincoln.

1827--Allan Cunningham discovers the Darling Downs, the Dumaresque,
Gwydir and Condamine Rivers, etc.

1828--Allan Cunningham, accompanied by Charles Frazer, botanist connected
the Moreton Bay settlement, with the Darling Downs by way of Cunningham's
Gap.

1828--Captain James Stirling, accompanied by Charles Frazer, in H.M.S.
SUCCESS; surveyed the coast of King George's Sound to the Swan River.

1828--Surveyor-General Oxley died near Sydney.

1828-29--Captain Charles Sturt's first expedition; discovered New Year's
Creek (now the Bogan) and the Darling.

1829--Hay explored the country back of Parry's Inlet and discovered the
Denmark River.

1829--Captain Fremantle hoisted the British flag at Fremantle.

1829--Captain la Place, from Toulon; visited Hobart Town and New Zealand.

1829--Captain R. Fitzroy, in the BEAGLE; visited King George's Sound.

1829--Fort Wellington and north coast settlement abandoned.

1829--Allan Cunningham explored the source of the Brisbane River his last
expedition.

1839-30--Captain Charles Sturt's Murrumbidgee expedition; sailed down the
Murray.

1830--Dale from the upper Swan River followed up the Avon.

1831--Major Bannister crossed from Perth to King George's Sound.

1831-32--Sir Thomas Mitchell; Kindur expedition.

1832--Captain C. Barker murdered at Lake Alexandrina by the blacks.

1833--Surveyor Dixon on the Bogan.

1833--Sir Thomas Mitchell on the Namoi.

1833--Richard Cunningham, botanist, brother to Allan Cunningham, murdered
by the blacks while with Sir Thomas Mitchell's expedition.

1835--E. Henty and brother formed a settlement in Portland Bay.

1836--John Batman landed at Port Phillip, and became a permanent settler
there.

1836--Captain Sir John Hindmarsh founded Adelaide; first Governor of
South Australia.

1836--Colonel Light surveyed the shores of St. Vincent's Gulf, and
selected site of present city of Adelaide.

1836--Captain Hobson (afterwards Governor of New Zealand), in H.M.S
RATTLESNAKE; surveyed and named Hobson's Bay.

1836--Sir Thomas Mitchell's expedition through Australia Felix.

1837--Captain George Grey (afterwards Governor of South Australia), with
Lieutenant Lushington; explorations on north-west coast.

1837-Messrs. Hesse and Gellibrand, while exploring Cape Otway country,
were murdered by the blacks.

1837-45--Captains Wickham and Stokes, in the BEAGLE, surveyed the coasts
of Australia, completing the geographical knowledge of the shores of the
continent.

1838--E. J. Eyre; Port Phillip to Adelaide; discovered Like Hindmarsh.

1838--Sir Gordon Bremer re-settled Port Essington.

1839--Captain George Grey; second expedition; Western Australia.

1839--Schooner CHAMPION examined the west coast for navigable rivers.

1839--George Hamilton and party overland from Sydney to Melbourne. (See
Overlanders, page 454 [in Index of Names])

1839--Governor Gawler, South Australia; made an excursion to the Murray.

1839--E. J. Eyre to the head of Spencer's Gulf and Lake Torrens, Port
Lincoln, and Streaky Bay.

1839--Allan Cunningham died in Sydney.

1840--Angus M'Millan discovered Gippsland.

1840--Patrick Leslie, called the father of Darling Downs settlement;
settled on the Condamine.

1840-41--E. J. Eyre travelled the Great Bight to King George's Sound.

1841--John Orr and party explored Gippsland.

1841--Stuart and Sydenham Russell form Cecil Plains Station.

1841--Dr. Edward Barker, Edward Hobson, and Albert Brodribb were the
first to walk from Melbourne to Gippsland. The present road follows their
track.

1842--Stuart Russell discovered Boyne River; journeyed from Moreton to
Wide Bay in a boat.

1842-45--Captain Blackwood, in the FLY; continued the surveys of Captains
Wickham and Stokes; and made a minute examination of the Great Barrier
Reef.

1843--Count Paul von Strzelecki followed M'Millan's tracks when he
discovered Gippsland.

1843--Captain Frome, Surveyor-General of South Australia; explorations in
the neighbourhood of Lake Torrens.

1843--Messrs. Landor and Lefroy; exploration in Western Australia.

1843--J. A. Horracks was killed by the explosion of his gun at the head
of Spencer's Gulf soon after the start of his expedition.

1844--45-Captain Charles Sturt; Great Central Desert expedition.

1844-45--Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt; first expedition, from Jimbour Station,
Darling Downs, to Port Essington; Gilbert, the naturalist, killed by
natives.

1845-46--Sir Thomas Mitchell; Barcoo expedition.

1846--Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt's second expedition.

1846--A. C. Gregory and brothers; first expedition in Western Australia.

1847--E. Kennedy; to decide the final course of the Victoria, named the
Thompson.

1847--Baron Von Mueller; expeditions, for botanical and geographical
researches combined, in South Australia and the Australian Alps.

1848--Dr. Ludwig Leichhardt's last expedition.

1848--E. Kennedy's fatal venture up Cape York Peninsula.

1848--A. C. Gregory, with party, explore the Gascoyne.

1848--Governor Fitzgerald, of Western Australia; examined the new
mineral discovery, accompanied by A. C. Gregory, and named the Geraldine
Aline.

1848-49--J. S. Roe, Surveyor-General of Western Australia; from York to
Esperance Bay.

1851--Messrs. Oakden and Hulkes; on west side of Lake Torrens.

1852--Hovenden Hely, in charge of search party for Leichhardt; from
Darling Downs.

1854--R. Austin, Assistant Surveyor-General of Western Australia; in
search of pastoral country, and to examine the interior for auriferous
deposits.

1855--Sir Thomas Mitchell died near Sydney.

1855-56--A. C. Gregory and Baron von Mueller North Australian expedition,
in search of Leichhardt; discover Sturt's Creek and the Elsey.

1855--B. H. Babbage; to examine country north and east of Adelaide for
gold. In a second expedition the same year discovered Blanche Water.

1857--Campbell and party; west of Lake Torrens; and again, with party,
looking for pastoral country west of Lake Eyre.

1857--G. W. Goyder, Deputy Surveyor-General of South Australia, to
examine and survey the country about Blanche Water.

1857--Colonel Freeling, Surveyor-General of South Australia, sent to
verify Goyder's report; decided that Goyder had been misled by a mirage.

1857--Stephen Hack, with Mr. Miller; examined Gawler Range and sighted
Lake Gairdner.

1857--Major Warburton crossed Stephen Hack's track.

1857--Messrs. Miller and Dutton explored country back of Fowler's Bay.

1858--Sir Richard G. M'Donnel; exploration to Strangways and Loddon
Springs; also up the River Murray to Mount Murchison.

1858--B. H. Babbage; third expedition from Adelaide; superseded by
Major Warburton.

1858--Major Warburton, continued the expedition started by B. 11.
Babbage. This trip established the definite size and shape of Lake
Torrens.

1858--S. Parry, Government Surveyor, South Australia; an expedition round
Lake Torrens, Lake Gregory, and Blanche Water.

1858--Frank Gregory reached the Gascoyne; discovered Mount Augustus and
Mount Gould.

1858--A. C. Gregory; Barcoo expedition to search for trace of the course
of Leichhardt's party. Confirmation of the supposed identity of the
Barcoo and Cooper's Creek.

1858--J. M'Dowall Stuart; first expedition.

1859--J. M'Dowall Stuart; second expedition; one of his party, Hergott,
discovered and named Hergott Springs.

1859--George E. Dalrymple, discovered main tributaries of the Lower
Burdekin, Bowen, and Bogie Rivers.

1860--Edward Cunningham and party explored the Upper Burdekin.

1861--J. Neilson and brothers; in search of pastoral country; from Mount
Ranken on the Darling to Cooper's Creek.

1860-61--Burke and Wills' expedition; death of Burke, Wills, and Gray.

1861--J. M'Dowall Stuart's third expedition; he crossed the continent
after two attempts.

1861--Frank Gregory discovered the Hammersley Range, Fortescue,
Ashburton, De Grey, and Oakover Rivers.

1861--Messrs. Dempster and Clarkson; Western Australia; explorations to
the eastward.

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