John McDouall Stuart

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John McDouall Stuart was a 19th-century Scottish-born Australian explorer renowned for leading the first successful overland expedition from south to north across the Australian continent.

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instanceOf Australian explorer ⓘ
Scottish-born Australian ⓘ
explorer ⓘ
person ⓘ
arrivalInAustralia 1839 ⓘ
awarded Royal Geographical Society gold watch ⓘ
Royal Geographical Society testimonial ⓘ
birthDate 1815-09-07 ⓘ
birthPlace Dysart, Fife, Scotland ⓘ
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery, London ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Australia ⓘ
United Kingdom ⓘ
crossed Australian continent from south to north ⓘ
deathDate 1866-06-05 ⓘ
deathPlace London, England ⓘ
employer South Australian government ⓘ
era 19th century ⓘ
ethnicOrigin Scottish ⓘ
expeditionCompletionYear 1862 ⓘ
expeditionEndPoint north coast of Australia near Van Diemen Gulf ⓘ
expeditionStartPoint near Adelaide, South Australia ⓘ
exploredRegion Lake Eyre region ⓘ
linked to: Lake Eyre Basin

MacDonnell Ranges ⓘ
familyName Stuart ⓘ
fullName John McDouall Stuart ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
givenName John ⓘ
hasMonument memorial at Chambers Pillar area, Northern Territory ⓘ
statue in Victoria Square, Adelaide ⓘ
hasNamesake Central Mount Stuart ⓘ
Stuart Highway ⓘ
Stuart, Northern Territory ⓘ
healthIssue progressive blindness in later life ⓘ
suffered from scurvy during expeditions ⓘ
inspiredProject Australian Overland Telegraph Line ⓘ
knownAs Stuart ⓘ
ledExpedition Stuart’s 1861–1862 south–north crossing of Australia ⓘ
militaryService British Army ⓘ
movedTo South Australia ⓘ
notableFor exploration of central Australia ⓘ
first successful overland expedition from south to north across the Australian continent ⓘ
occupation explorer ⓘ
surveyor ⓘ
residence Adelaide, South Australia ⓘ
linked to: Adelaide
returnedTo Britain in 1864 ⓘ
routeUsedBy Australian Overland Telegraph Line ⓘ
servedIn First Anglo-Afghan War ⓘ
traversedRegion central Australia ⓘ

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Stuart Highway → namedAfter → John McDouall Stuart ⓘ
Stuart Highway → namedAfter → John McDouall Stuart ⓘ
John McDouall Stuart → fullName → John McDouall Stuart ⓘ