Mr. Eyres routes into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King Georges sound, 1840-41 |
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| Title : | Mr. Eyres routes into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King Georges sound, 1840-41 |
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| Creator : | Arrowsmith, John, 1790-1873 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | London | ||
| Publisher : | W.&T. Boone | ||
| Date of creation : | 1845 | ||
| Additional Creator : | Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901 | ||
| Format : | Book | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
The map shows the extent of the horseshoe of salt lakes which Eyre believed he saw as he travelled north of Spencer Gulf and the Flinders Ranges. He was in part fooled by mirages which merged the many salt lakes of the interior into one vast horseshoe of lake. This would bar exploration to the north of South Australia for 17 years. The map provides a description of the land Eyre traversed, with sources of water indicated. Prevented by continuing north, Edward Eyre resolved to travel overland to Albany in Western Australia examining the country for a viable stock route. He reached Albany in June 1841 with the Aboriginal man Wylie his sole companion. An earlier version of this map was published in 1843 in Papers relative to South Australia. It would be another two years before Eyre's own account of his expeditions was published and included this map. |
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| Related names : | Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901 |
| Coverage year : | 1839-41 |
| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Place : | South Australia to Western Australia |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | Dutton, Geoffrey, The hero as murderer: the life of Edward John Eyre, Australian Explorer and Governor of Jamaica 1815-1901 Sydney: Collins; Melbourne: Cheshire, 1967 Stokes, Edward, The desert coast: Edward Eyre's expedition 1840-41 Knoxfield, Vic.: Five Mile Press, 1993 Eyre, Edward John, Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1 ... Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964 |
| Internet links : | University of Adelaide Online Books: Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-1 sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the government by Edward John Eyre. Australian Dictionary of Biography Online Edition: Eyre, Edward John (1815-1901) Edward John Eyre : Wikipedia State Library of South Australia, General Information Factsheets Online, Mapping sources for SA history |
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