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Robert O'Hara Burke (6 May 1821 – c. 28 June 1861) was an Irish soldier and police officer who achieved fame as an Australian explorer. He was the leader of the ill-fated Burke and Wills expedition, which was the first expedition to cross Australia from south to north, finding a route across the continent from the settled areas of Victoria to the Gulf of Carpentaria.
Italian explorer, mountain climber, geologist and cartographer [5] Alf Howard: 1906–2010: 104: Australian explorer, scientist and educator [6] Helge Ingstad: 1899–2001: 101: Norwegian explorer [7] Jean Malaurie: 1922–2024: 101: French explorer and anthropologist [8] Dame Freya Stark: 1893–1993: 100: British explorer and travel writer [9 ...
The competition to chart a route for the Australian Overland Telegraph Line spurred a number of cross-continental expeditions. Perhaps the most famous of these was the Burke and Wills expedition led by Robert O'Hara Burke and William John Wills who in 1860–61 led a well equipped expedition from Melbourne to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Due to an ...
Among his brothers were Francis Thomas Gregory, who also became a noted explorer. [citation needed] Joshua William Gregory, born 1815, died 20 September 1850 aged 35. Augustus Charles Gregory, born 1 August 1819, died 1905 aged 86; Francis (Frank) Thomas Gregory, born 1821. Henry Churcham Gregory, born 1823, died London 29 July 1903 aged 79 ...
James Meehan [1] [2] (1774 – 21 April 1826) was an Irish Australian explorer and surveyor.. Meehan was born in Ireland, in Shinrone, County Offaly, in 1774.He was declared a rebel and given a life sentence in a trial after the Rebellion of 1798 [3] and was one of a number of political prisoners who arrived in Australia on the Friendship in February 1800.
Francis Thomas "Frank" Gregory (19 October 1821 – 23 October 1888) was an Australian explorer and politician. Born in England, he emigrated with his family to Australia as a boy. He was the younger brother of the explorer and politician Augustus Gregory , who also made his career in the colony.