Eyre climbs Mount Distance |
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| Title : | Eyre climbs Mount Distance |
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| Creator : | Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901 | ||
| Source : | Journals of expeditions of discovery into Central Australia, and overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound, in the years 1840-41 p.126 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | London | ||
| Publisher : | T. and W. Boone | ||
| Date of creation : | 1845 | ||
| Format : | Book | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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| Description : |
Edward John Eyre climbed Mount Distance 2 September 1840 and viewed the land ahead. It was a cheerless prospect of broken land with the salt lake beyond the horizon at this point. He was at latitude 29 degrees and beyond the furthest northern point of the Flinders Ranges. In the distance was another hill for which he headed. Not anticipating that the view beyond it would improve he named this hill Mount Hopeless. Eyre had left Adelaide in June to search for a route to the north of the province, following up on his expedition of the previous year in which he had discovered Lake Torrens. In this latest expedition whichever way he searched, his way forward appeared to be blocked by a great horseshoe shaped salt lake which barred the path forward. He would continue to the north and hope for an improvement. |
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| Related names : | Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901 |
| Coverage year : | 1840 |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | 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 Stokes, Edward, The desert coast: Edward Eyre's expedition 1840-41 Knoxfield, Vic.: Five Mile Press, 1993 Dutton, Geoffrey, Edward John Eyre: the hero as murderer Ringwood, Vic.: Penguin Books Australia, 1977 |
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