Person    | Male  Born 7/9/1815  Died 5/6/1866

John McDouall Stuart

Categories: Exploring

Countries: Australia, Scotland

Australian explorer. Born Scotland. Trained as a civil engineer and aged 23 emigrated to Australia where 1858 - 62 he made 6 expeditions into the interior searching out new pastures and surveying the land. The first explorer to cross Australia - from North Adelaide to a point near Darwin, Adelaide has a map showing his route. His health was ruined and he returned to Britain in about 1862, dying, unmarried, at the house with the plaque.

Comments are provided by Facebook, please ensure you are signed in here to see them

This section lists the memorials where the subject on this page is commemorated:
John McDouall Stuart

Commemorated ati

John McDouall Stuart

John McDouall Stuart, 1815 - 1866, first explorer to cross Australia, lived a...

Read More

Other Subjects

Ed. Laurence

Ed. Laurence

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Henry Sait

Henry Sait

Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Henry Wilson (Capt)

Henry Wilson (Capt)

Sea captain. He was commander of the packet ship The Antelope, which was part of the fleet of the East India Company. In 1783 he was shipwrecked off the island of Ulong. After some initial animosit...

Person, Exploring

1 memorial
John Sullivan

John Sullivan

Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial
Joseph Healey

Joseph Healey

Role on the lost expedition: Royal marine on SS Erebus. See John Franklin.

Person, Exploring, Tragedy

1 memorial

Previously viewed

Trooper S. E. Chatfield
War dead, WW2
1 memorial