Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt (born April 28, 1795 in India , † June 16, 1869 in Cheltenham ) was a British captain and explorer.
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Charles Sturt wanted to discover a freshwater sea suspected in the center of Australia in 1827 and found the Darling River in early 1828, following the Macquarie River .
In 1829, the Governor of New South Wales , Sir Ralph Darling , commissioned him on an expedition to the same goal, discovering a larger river along the Murrumbidgee River , which he named Murray in honor of the head of the Colonial Department , Sir George Murray River gave. Following the Murray River, he then came to Lake Alexandrina .
From August 1844 to December 1845 he went on another long journey with John McDouall Stuart and 15 other companions. The expedition was equipped with a dozen horses, 30 oxen, 200 sheep, four wagons and a collapsible boat. Sturt discovered Cooper Creek and penetrated northwest to almost the center of the Australian continent . Instead of the presumed freshwater sea, he found only desolate and dry land.
He described his first two trips in Two explorations into the interior of Southern Australia etc. (London 1833, 2 volumes), the third in "Narrative of an expedition into Central Australia etc." (London 1848, 2 volumes).
Charles Sturt University , founded in 1989 , Sturt's Stony Desert , the Tirari-Sturt Stone Desert and the stern wheel steamer Captain Sturt are named after him.
Honors
- 1994 Australia, $ 5 commemorative, 35.79 g, 39 mm, Canberra Mint, 18,312 mintage
literature
- HJ Gibbney: Sturt, Charles (1795-1869). In: Australian Dictionary of Biography. Volume 2. Melbourne University Press, 1967, pp. 495-498 (on- line ).
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| SURNAME | Sturt, Charles |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British explorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 28, 1795 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | India |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 16, 1869 |
| Place of death | Cheltenham , England |