Charles Sturt

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Charles Sturt was a 19th-century British explorer noted for leading major expeditions into the interior of Australia, particularly along the Murray–Darling river system.

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Charles Sturt canonical 22

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instanceOf Australian explorer ⓘ
British explorer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
person ⓘ
burialPlace Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England ⓘ
linked to: Cheltenham
causeOfDeath illness ⓘ
centuryOfActivity 19th century ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1795-04-28 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1869-06-16 ⓘ
dateOfMarriage 1834-09-20 ⓘ
exploredRegion Darling River ⓘ
Lake Alexandrina ⓘ
Murray River ⓘ
Murrumbidgee River ⓘ
interior of New South Wales ⓘ
interior of South Australia ⓘ
familyName Sturt ⓘ
fullName Charles Sturt ⓘ
givenName Charles ⓘ
honouredBy Charles Sturt University ⓘ
Sturt Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa) ⓘ
linked to: Sturt's Desert Pea

Sturt Highway ⓘ
Sturt National Park ⓘ
knownFor Central Australian Expedition of 1844–1846 ⓘ
expeditions along the Murray–Darling river system ⓘ
exploration of the interior of Australia ⓘ
languageSpoken English ⓘ
militaryBranch British Army ⓘ
militaryRank captain ⓘ
notableExpedition 1828–1829 Macquarie and Darling Rivers expedition ⓘ
1829–1830 Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers expedition ⓘ
1844–1846 Central Australian Expedition ⓘ
notableWork Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia ⓘ
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia ⓘ
numberOfChildren 7 ⓘ
occupation army officer ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency, British India ⓘ
linked to: Bengal Presidency
placeOfDeath Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England ⓘ
linked to: Cheltenham
positionHeld Colonial Secretary of South Australia (acting) ⓘ
linked to: Colonial Secretary

Registrar-General of New South Wales ⓘ
reachedLocation Lake Alexandrina, South Australia ⓘ
linked to: Lake Alexandrina

mouth of the Murray River ⓘ
religion Anglicanism ⓘ
residence Adelaide, South Australia ⓘ
linked to: Adelaide

New South Wales ⓘ
spouse Charlotte Christiana Greene ⓘ

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