| Land
and sea explorers |
Australian
explorers
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Edward John Eyre, George Bass, Robert O'Hara Burke, John Forrest,
Matthew Flinders, Edmund Kennedy, Ludwig Leichdardt, Thomas
Mitchell, John Oxley, Charles Sturt, Gregory Blaxland
Australian
land and sea explorers
- with links to their biographical details and their journals.
Includes maps of routes taken by explorers
Dictionary
of Australian biography
- from Project Gutenberg Australia, biographies of more than
1000 people prominent in the development of Australia including
explorers
Early
explorers
- Burke and Wills, Hume and Hovell, Bass and Flinders, Ludwig
Leichhardt, Edmund Kennedy, John Forrest, Major Thomas Mitchell,
Edward John Eyre, Charles Sturt
European
exploration of Australia (Wikipedia)
- includes early European sightings, Dutch exploratoration,
Cook's expeditions, land exploration and includes maps
Exploration
timeline: Australian land and sea explorers
- timeline with links to further information
Explorers
of Australia
- alphabetical listing of Australian explorers (Wikipedia)
Explorers
on the edge
- Captain James Cook, Kay Cottee, Burke and Wills, Charles Kingsford-Smith,
Nancy Bird Walton, Paul Scully-Power, Frank Hurley, Augustus
Earle
19th Century exploration of Australia
- Robert O'Hara Burke, John Calvert, Edward Eyre, Alexander
Forrest, John Forrest, Ernest Giles, Augustus Gregory, Francis
Gregory, Hamilton Hume, Edmund Kennedy, Ludwig Leichhardt, David
Lindsay, Thomas Mitchell, John Oxley, John McDouall Stuart,
Charles Sturt, Peter Warburton, George Watson, Lawrence Wells,
William Wills, Charles Winnecke
Robert
O'Hara Bourke
Time
machine: Australian explorers
- information and maps of routes taken by explorers including
Abel Tasman, Augustus Gregory, Burke and Wills, Captain Cook,
Dutch explorers, Edmund Kennedy, Edward John Eyre, Gregory Blaxland,
George Bass, John Forrest, John Stuart, John Oxley, Ludwig Leichhardt,
Matthew Flinders, Phillip King, Thomas Mitchell
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| Sea
explorers |
Dutch
exploration in the 17th Century
- information on Willem Janszoon, Willem Schouten, Dirk Hartog,
Frederick de Houtman, Jan Carstensz, Abel Tasman, Willem de
Vlamingh
Matthew Flinders
- biographical information with link to his encounter with Nicholas
Baudin
Flinders
journey Interactive
- interactive map with Flinders' journey of circumnavigation.
Roll over points to reveal Pop Up Windows with extracts from
Flinders Journal.
Matthew
Flinders : Australian explorer
- simple overview from Enchanted learning
Matthew
Flinders - genius in navigation
- from Flinders Ranges Research describes the exploration of
the Australian coastline by Matthew Flinders, with particular
attention to his achievements in charting South Australia
Nicholas
Baudin
- biographical information and details of expeditions
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