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Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (German pronunciation: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç 'vɪlhɛlm 'lu:tvɪç 'laɪçhaːʁt]; 23 October 1813 – c. 1848), known as Ludwig Leichhardt, [1] was a German explorer and naturalist, most famous for his exploration of northern and central Australia.
Lithograph from Voyage au Pôle Sud et en Océanie by Jules Dumont d'Urville Port Essington as illustrated in Ludwig Leichhardt's account of his expedition. Port Essington is an inlet and historic site located on the Cobourg Peninsula in the Garig Gunak Barlu National Park in Australia's Northern Territory. It was the site of an early attempt ...
Leichhardt uses the term "valley of lagoons" several times in his book, presumably the origin of the name. Based on Leichhardt's favourable reports, George Elphinstone Dalrymple explored the area in 1859. [5] Dalrymple was part of the company that established the Valley of Lagoons Station in 1862 after the area was opened up by the government.
In 1849, Ludwig Leichhardt named the river after Thomas Burdekin, one of the sponsors of Leichhardt's expedition. [4] Because he was inland away from the coast he was not aware it was the same watercourse named by Wickham. The town of Wickham was established on Rita Island at the river mouth but was soon swept away during a flood in the 1860s. [4]
Leichhardt Tree, circa 1914. The town of Taroom is located where the Leichhardt Highway crosses the Dawson River, and the Leichhardt Tree is located about 150 metres (490 ft) up a steadily inclining slope from the bed of the Dawson River, on the west side of Yaldwyn Street reserve in Taroom, between Dawson and Kelman Streets.
Roper Bar is a settlement on the Roper River, 606 km southeast of Darwin, 312 km east of Katherine and 1,235 km from Alice Springs.The first European to explore the Roper River was Ludwig Leichhardt in 1845 as he made his way from Moreton Bay to Port Essington.
The river was named in 1844 in honour of Lieutenant Robert Lynd of the 63rd Regiment of the British Army by Ludwig Leichhardt during Leichhardt's expedition from Queensland to Port Essington. Lynd was a benefactor of Leichhardt's, and assisted him both socially and financially.
Leichhardt's Tree at Dawson River, Taroom, circa 1914. Prussian explorer Ludwig Leichhardt passed through the district in 1844, carving his initials and date on a coolibah tree that now stands in the centre of town. Leichhardt's carving is no longer visible following an alleged attempt to remove bark growing over the initials that removed the ...