Eyre travelled with an Aboriginal man from Moorunde to assist him in translating to the communities further upriver. He established friendly relations with these, inviting them to come to Moorunde to collect rations. From Lake Bonney he travelled with a man from the local group to the Rufus River and Lake Victoria and again established friendly relations, overcoming the ill-feeling that had arisen following the overlanding of stock from New South Wales. Eyre also reported on the mallee country east and south of the river, and advised that it was unsuitable as an alternative stock route because of the lack of water.

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

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; sent by the colonists of South Australia, with the sanction and support of the Government: including an account of the manners and customs of the aborigines and the state of their relations with the Europeans, Adelaide : Libraries Board of South Australia, 1964

Eyre, Edward John. Reports and letters to Governor Grey from E.J. Eyre at Moorunde, Adelaide : Sullivan's Cove, 1985

Project Gutenberg of Australia: Dictionary of Australian biography: Eyre