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.
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John McDouall Stuart
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John McDouall Stuart
John McDouall Stuart, 1815 - 1866, first explorer to cross Australia, lived a...
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Charles Johnson
Role on the lost expedition: Able seaman on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
Edgar Evans
Born Wales. Met Scott when both were serving in the Royal Navy. One of Scott's four companions who died with him, returning from the South Pole. Injured on the way to the pole he was the first to ...
2 memorials
Bartolomeu Dias
Portuguese nobleman who sailed around the Cape of Good Hope, the southern tip of Africa, in 1488, the first European known to do so since ancient times.
1 memorial
Cornelius Hickey
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
William Gibson
Role on the lost expedition: Petty officer on SS Terror. See John Franklin.
1 memorial
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West London Synagogue
The synagogue community was founded in 1840 and moved to Upper Berkeley Street in 1870.
3 memorials
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