John Murray (c. 1775 – c. 1807) was a seaman and explorer of Australia. He was the first European to land in Port Phillip, the bay on which the cities...
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publishing house John Murray III (1808–1892), third head of the publishing house John Murray (Australian writer) (born 1963), Australian epidemiologist...
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Cadell (9 February 1822 – 1879) was a European explorer of Australia, most remembered for opening the Murray River up for transport by steamship and for...
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before emptying into the Great Australian Bight (often referenced on Australian maps as the Southern Ocean) through the Murray Mouth, 10 km (6.2 mi) east...
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often called Major Mitchell, was a Scottish surveyor and explorer of Southeastern Australia. He was born in Scotland and served in the British Army during...
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Murray Bridge (formerly Mobilong and Edwards Crossing; Ngarrindjeri: Pomberuk) is a city in the Australian state of South Australia, located 78 kilometres...
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Murray James Cook, AM (born 30 June 1960) is an Australian musician, actor, and DJ. Cook was one of the founding members of the children's band the Wiggles...
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Edward John Eyre (5 August 1815 – 30 November 1901) was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, Lieutenant-Governor...
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The Murray cod (Maccullochella peelii) is a large Australian predatory freshwater fish of the genus Maccullochella in the family Percichthyidae. Although...
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John Septimus Roe (8 May 1797 – 28 May 1878) was the first Surveyor-General of Western Australia. He was a renowned explorer, a member of Western Australia's...
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Sir John Franklin KCH FRS FLS FRGS (16 April 1786 – 11 June 1847) was a British Royal Navy officer, explorer and colonial administrator. After serving...
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John Hill (c. 1810 – 11 August 1860) was an English explorer of South Australia and part of the European exploration of Australia. Hill was the first...
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Charles Sturt (category Explorers of Australia)
16 June 1869) was a British officer and explorer of Australia, and part of the European exploration of Australia. He led several expeditions into the interior...
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6–3 to win the men's singles tennis title at the 2017 Australian Open. It was his fifth Australian Open title and record-extending 18th major title overall...
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Ovens (disambiguation) (section Australia)
Royal Naval officer John Ovens (1788–1825), Australian civil engineer and explorer Jürgen Ovens (1623–1678), Frisian painter Patrick John Ovens (1922–1994)...
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when Spanish explorer Luís Vaz de Torres sailed through, and navigated, Torres Strait islands. Twenty-nine other Dutch navigators explored the western...
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historian Mungo Murray, 7th Earl of Mansfield (1900–1971), Scottish politician Mungo Park (explorer) (1771–1806), Scottish explorer of Africa Mungo Park...
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Sir Thomas Mitchell's 1836 expedition along the Lachlan, Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers and into what is now known as the State of Victoria. Details of Piper's...
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Serpentine in Murray River Geoffrey Dutton (1966) "Eyre, Edward John (1815–1901)" [6] Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine Australian Dictionary of...
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Collet Barker (category Explorers of Australia)
1831) was a British military officer and explorer. He explored areas of South Australia, Western Australia and Cobourg Peninsula, Northern Territory...
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town in South Australia's rural Riverland area, and is located 254 km (157.83 mi) northeast of Adelaide, on the banks of the River Murray. The Sturt Highway...
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John Gilbert (c. 1812 – 28 June 1845) was an English naturalist and explorer. Gilbert is often cited in the earliest descriptions of many Australian animals...
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Sir John Kirk GCMG, KCB, FRS (19 December 1832 – 15 January 1922) was a British physician, naturalist, companion to explorer David Livingstone, and a British...
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Allan Cunningham (botanist) (redirect from Cunningham, Allan (explorer))
1839) was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his expeditions into uncolonised areas of eastern Australia to collect plants and report on...
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ancient Murray River in South Australia, Search, 9 442-447 Stevenson and Brown, 1989, "The ancient Murray River system", Journal of Australian Geology...
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Matthew Flinders (category Explorers of Australia)
Lincolnshire". BBC News. Retrieved 1 July 2024. Murray, Jessica (30 June 2024). "Explorer 'who named Australia' to be reburied in Lincolnshire village where...
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Michelle (2016). "John Winston Howard". Australian Prime Ministers. pp. 452–3. Bashford and MacIntyre (eds) (2013). pp 178, 205–7 Goot, Murray (2013). "The...
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John Joseph William Molesworth Oxley (1784 – 25 May 1828) was an English explorer and surveyor of Australia in the early period of British colonisation...
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Murray Hill, was a prominent Liberal member of the South Australian Legislative Council from 1965 to 1988. His daughter, Victoria, is an Australian actress...
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(23 December 1981 – 27 February 2011), Australian cave diver, underwater photographer and author Sir John Murray (1841–1914), Scots–Canadian marine biologist...
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