Mr. Eyre describes the extent of the salt lake |
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| Title : | Mr. Eyre describes the extent of the salt lake |
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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 Georges Sound, in the years 1840-1... p. 128 | ||
| Place Of Creation : | London | ||
| Publisher : | T. and W. Boone | ||
| Date of creation : | 1845 | ||
| Format : | Book | ||
| Contributor : | State Library catalogue | ||
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Eyre describes the extent of Lake Torrens as he sees it, stretching in an arc from west around to the east and with the surface too soft and yielding for any attempt to cross. His expectations of a route to the north and the possible discoveries of pastoral land, flowing rivers and lakes of fresh water, were barred by the appearance of an enormous horseshoe shaped salt lake. Eyre's 'horseshoe lake' would bar northern progress for another 17 years, frustrating the attempts of the young colony to expand its horizons much beyond the head of Spencer Gulf. The efforts of Babbage, Warburton, Stuart and Gregory in 1857-8 would show there were gaps between the salt lakes, that it was not one continuous salt barrier. The horseshoe-shaped lake Eyre had seen became Lakes Gairdner, Torrens, Eyre, Gregory, Blanche, Callabonna and Frome as well as a number of smaller ones in the east. The hope of an inland sea would not finally be dispelled until John McDouall Stuart made his crossing to the north coast of Australia in 1862. |
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| Related names : | Eyre, Edward John, 1815-1901 |
| Coverage year : | 1840 |
| Period : | 1836-1851 |
| Place : | Lake Torrens, South Australia |
| Region : | Flinders Ranges and Far North - Outback |
| Further reading : | Black, E C 'Lake Torrens hoodoo', Proceedings of the Royal Geographical Society of Australasia (South Australian Branch), vol. 64, 1963, pp. 43-50 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 Uren, Malcolm, Waterless horizons: the... life-story of Edward John Eyre, explorer, overlander and pastoralist in Australia Melbourne: Robertson and Mullens, 1945 |
| 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. See Chapter VII.
Edward John Eyre Wikipedia Australian dictionary of biography online: Eyre, Edward John (1815-1901) |
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