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Explorers of
Australia:
JOHN McDOUALL STUART'S EXPEDITIONS
The second expedition
In October, 1858, Stuart applied to the
government to lease the Chambers Creek area for sheep farming.
To speed up the processing of his application, he volunteered
to survey his area himself rather than wait for the government
surveyors to do so.
Therefore, Stuart's second expedition, from April to July 1859, was to survey his selected area at Chambers Creek. He was accompanied by three men and fourteen horses.
After completing
the survey , he explored to the north-west and discovered valuable
country near South Australia's northern boundary, which he described
as 'wonderful country,.. scarcely to be believed'.
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Explorers of Australia
Bass & Flinders ... Burke
& Wills... Blaxland, Lawson
& Wentworth ...Eyre ...
Hume & Hovell ... Leichardt
... Mitchell ... Oxley
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