Edward John Eyre
Born	August 5, 1815 Whipsnade, England
Died	November 30, 1901 Australia
Occupation	Explorer of Australia, Colonial Administrator, Grazier

Edward John Eyre (5 August 1815 - 30 November 1901) was an English land explorer of the Australian continent and a controversial Governor of Jamaica. South Australia's Lake Eyre, Eyre Peninsula, Eyre Creek, and Eyre Highway (the main highway from South Australia to Western Australia) are named in his honour, as are the villages of Eyreton and West Eyreton in Canterbury, New Zealand. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_England. ... Whipsnade is a small village in the county of Bedfordshire, with a population of 457 (2001 census). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... is the 217th day of the year (218th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... April 5-12: Mount Tambora explodes, changing climate. ... is the 334th day of the year (335th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1901 (MCMI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday [1] of the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... For other uses, see England (disambiguation). ... Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 11  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $59,819 (5th)  - Product per capita  $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  1,558,200 (5th)  - Density  1. ... This article does not cite any references or sources. ... Satellite photo of the Eyre Peninsula bushfires, taken on January 11 2005 Eyre Peninsula is a triangular peninsula in South Australia. ... Eyre Creek is a short waterway which is located in the Clare Valley. ... Named for Edward John Eyre the Eyre Highway is a highway linking Western Australia and South Australia. ... Slogan or Nickname: Wildflower State or the Golden State Other Australian states and territories Capital Perth Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Ken Michael Premier Alan Carpenter (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 15  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $100,900 (4th)  - Product per capita  $50,355/person... Eyreton, originally known as Eyretown, is a small village in the Canterbury region of New Zealands South Island. ... West Eyreton is a small rural village in the Canterbury region of New Zealands South Island. ... The New Zealand region of Canterbury is mainly composed of the Canterbury Plains and the surrounding mountains. ...

Early life

Eyre (the name is homophonous with the word "air") was born in Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, shortly before his family moved to Hornsea, Yorkshire, where he was christened^[1]. His parents were Rev. Anthony William Eyre and Sarah (nee Mapleton)^[2]. After completing grammar school at Louth and Sedbergh, he moved to Sydney rather than join the army or go to university. He gained experience in the new land by boarding with and forming friendships with prominent gentlemen and became a flock owner when he bought 400 lambs a month before his 18th birthday^[3]. When South Australia was found, Eyre brought 1000 sheep and 600 cattle overland from Monaro, New South Wales to Adelaide and sold them for a large profit. He also discovered Lake Eyre. Whipsnade is a small village in the county of Bedfordshire, with a population of 457 (2001 census). ... Bedfordshire (abbreviated Beds) is a county in England that forms part of the East of England region. ... , Hornsea is a small seaside resort town and civil parish in the East Riding of Yorkshire, England at the eastern end of the Trans Pennine Trail. ... Look up Yorkshire in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. ... , Louth is a market town within the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. ... A view of the schools cricket ground. ... This article is about the metropolitan area in Australia. ... Capital Adelaide Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Marjorie Jackson-Nelson Premier Mike Rann (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 11  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004-05)  - Product ($m)  $59,819 (5th)  - Product per capita  $38,838/person (7th) Population (End of September 2006)  - Population  1,558,200 (5th)  - Density  1. ... Monaro region: between Adaminaby and Cooma Monaro (pronounced mon-air-ro) is the name of a region in the south of New South Wales, Australia. ... For other uses, see Adelaide (disambiguation). ...

South Australian expeditions

Expeditions of Eyre

With this money, Eyre set out to explore the interior of South Australia, with two separate expeditions north to the Flinders Ranges and west to beyond Ceduna. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Edward John Eyres two expeditions of 1839 to the interior of South Australia were his first expeditions as an explorer, if one discounts the two earlier trips he made down the Murray River to Adelaide, herding cattle and then sheep. ... Flinders Ranges is a national park in South Australia (Australia), 384 km north of Adelaide. ... Ceduna ( ) is a small town in the West Coast region of South Australia. ...

Eyre, together with his adolescent Aboriginal companion Wylie, with whom he is thought to have been on intimate terms,^[4] was the first European to traverse the coastline of the Great Australian Bight and the Nullarbor Plain by land in 1840-1841, on an almost 2000 mile trip to Albany, Western Australia. He had originally led the expedition with John Baxter and three aborigines. Two of the aborigines killed Baxter and left with most of the supplies, and Eyre and Wylie were only able to survive because they were rescued by a French whaling ship which at Rossiter Bay, under the command of Captain Rossiter, chanced to be there. Eyre named the bay after the captain. Wylie was the Aboriginal companion who travelled with Edward John Eyre across the Nullarbor Plain in 1840-1841. ... The Great Australian Bight is a large bight, or open bay, encompassing an area of the Southern Ocean located off the central and western portions of the southern coastline of mainland Australia. ... For the roadhouse along the Eyre Highway, see Nullarbor, South Australia NASA - Visible Earth, Nullarbor. ... 1840 is a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1841 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... Albany, (IPA: }, is the largest regional city in WA situated on the south coast of Western Australia south-southeast of Perth. ... John Baxter (–29 April 1841) was a friend and companion of Edward John Eyre on his crossing of the Nullarbor Plain in 1840-1841. ... Rossiter Bay is located on the southern coast of Western Australia, in the Cape Le Grand National Park east of Esperance. ...

In addition to exploring inland South Australia and New South Wales, Eyre was instrumental in maintaining peace between white settlers and aborigines along the Murray River. “NSW” redirects here. ... Australian Aborigines are the main indigenous people of Australia. ... For other uses, see Murray River (disambiguation). ...

Colonial Governor

He later served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster province in New Zealand (from 1848 under Sir George Grey) and later Governor of several Caribbean island colonies. Whilst Governor of Jamaica he suppressed the Morant Bay Rebellion ruthlessly, and had many black peasants killed. He also authorised the execution (or judicial murder) of George William Gordon, a mixed-race colonial assemblyman (his father was a Caucasian planter) who was suspected of involvement in the insurrection. New Munster was originally the name of South Island New Zealand, it was given the name by an Irishman Captain William Hobson in honour of Munster in Ireland. ... Year 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar) of the Gregorian Calendar (or a leap year starting on Monday of the 12-day slower Julian calendar). ... George Edward Grey Statue of Sir George Grey in Albert Park, Auckland For other men with a similar name, see George Grey or George Gray Sir George Edward Grey KCB (April 14, 1812–September 19, 1898) was a soldier, explorer, Governor of South Australia, twice Governor of New Zealand, Governor... “West Indian” redirects here. ... On October 11, 1865, Paul Bogle led 200 to 300 black men and women into the town of Morant Bay, parish of St. ... George William Gordon (1820-1865) was a Jamaican businessman and politician, and on the centenary of his death was proclaimed a National Hero of Jamaica. ...

These events created great controversy in Britain, resulting in demands for Eyre to be arrested and tried for murdering Gordon. John Stuart Mill organised the Jamaica Committee, which demanded his prosecution and included some well-known British liberal intellectuals (such as John Bright, Charles Darwin, Thomas Huxley, Thomas Hughes and Herbert Spencer). A rival committee was set up by Thomas Carlyle for the defence, arguing that Eyre had acted decisively to restore order. His supporters included John Ruskin, Charles Kingsley, Charles Dickens and Alfred Lord Tennyson. Twice Eyre was charged with murder, but the cases never proceeded. John Stuart Mill (20 May 1806 – 8 May 1873), British philosopher, political economist civil servant, and Member of Parliament, was an influential liberal thinker of the 19th century. ... The Jamaica Committee was a group set up in 1866, which called for Edward Eyre, Governor of Jamaica, to be tried for his excesses in suppressing the Morant Bay rebellion of 1865. ... John Bright John Bright (November 16, 1811–March 27, 1889), was a British Radical and Liberal statesman, associated with Richard Cobden in the formation of the Anti-Corn Law League. ... For other people of the same surname, and places and things named after Charles Darwin, see Darwin. ... Thomas Henry Huxley, FRS (4 May 1825 – 29 June 1895) [1] was an English biologist, known as Darwins Bulldog for his advocacy of Charles Darwins theory of evolution. ... A statue of Thomas Hughes at Rugby School Thomas Hughes (October 20, 1822 – March 22, 1896) was an English lawyer and author. ... For other persons named Herbert Spencer, see Herbert Spencer (disambiguation). ... The most familiar view of Carlyle is as the bearded sage with a penetrating gaze. ... Upper: Steel-plate engraving of Ruskin as a young man, made circa 1845, scanned from print made circa 1895. ... Charles Kingsley A statue of Charles Kingsley at Bideford, Devon (UK) Charles Kingsley (June 12, 1819 – January 23, 1875) was an English novelist, particularly associated with the West Country. ... “Dickens” redirects here. ... Lord Tennyson, Poet Laureate Alfred Tennyson, 1st Baron Tennyson (August 6, 1809 - October 6, 1892) is generally regarded as one of the greatest English poets. ...

See also

• European Exploration of Australia

The European exploration of Australia encompasses several waves of seafarers and land explorers. ...

References

1. ^ Steve Pocock (2000). History. Great Australian Bight Safaris. Retrieved on 2006-04-08.
2. ^
   • Serle, Percival (1949). "Eyre, Edward John". Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson. 
3. ^ Kevin Koepplinger. Hero and Tyrant:Edward John Eyre's Legacy.
4. ^ Empire and Sexuality: The British Experience, Ronald Hyam; p47

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Further reading

• Short biography
• Eyre's Journals from his 1840/1 expedition
• Works by Edward John Eyre at Project Gutenberg
• Geoffrey Dutton, Edward John Eyre: the Hero as Murderer, Penguin, 1977.

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