Portrait of Ludwig Leichhardt

Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt (October 23, 1813 - 1848?) was a Prussian explorer and naturalist. He was born in Trebatsch, Prussia (now Brandenburg, Germany). Image File history File links Portrait of Ludwig Leichhardt by Friedrich August Schmalfuß, as copied by Elisabeth Wolf File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links Portrait of Ludwig Leichhardt by Friedrich August Schmalfuß, as copied by Elisabeth Wolf File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... October 23 is the 296th day of the year (297th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1813 is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Prussia, 1701-1918 Prussia (German: ; Latin: Borussia, Prutenia; Lithuanian: ; Polish: ; Old Prussian: PrÅ«sa) was, most recently, a historic state originating in East Prussia, an area which for centuries had substantial influence on German and European history. ... This list of explorers is sorted by surname. ... Table of natural history, 1728 Cyclopaedia Natural history is an umbrella term for what are now usually viewed as several distinct scientific disciplines. ...   (Lower Sorbian: Bramborska; Upper Sorbian: Braniborska) is one of Germanys sixteen Bundesländer (federal states). ...

Between 1831 and 1836 Leichhardt studied philosophy, language, and natural sciences at the Universities of Berlin and Göttingen but never received a university degree. He moved to England in 1837 where he continued his study of natural sciences at various places, including the British Museum, London and the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, and undertook field work in several European countries including France, Italy and Switzerland. Leopold I 1831 (MDCCCXXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... October 2, Charles Darwin returns from his voyage around the world. ... Berlin is the capital city and one of the sixteen states of the Federal Republic of Germany. ... Göttingen ( ) is a city in Lower Saxony, Germany. ... Motto: (French for God and my right) Anthem: Multiple unofficial anthems Capital London Largest city London Official language(s) English (de facto) Unification    - by Athelstan AD 927  Area    - Total 130,395 km² (1st in UK)   50,346 sq mi  Population    - 2005 est. ... | Queen Victoria, Queen of the United Kingdom (1837 - 1901) 1837 was a common year starting on Sunday (see link for calendar). ... The centre of the museum was redeveloped in 2000 to become the Great Court, with a tessellated glass roof by Buro Happold and Foster and Partners surrounding the original Reading Room. ... London (pronounced ) is the capital city of England and the United Kingdom. ... The Jardin des Plantes is the main botanical garden in France. ... -1... World map showing Europe A satellite composite image of Europe Europe is one of the seven traditional continents of the Earth. ...

In 1842 Leichhardt moved to Sydney, Australia where he led three major expeditions. The first started on October 1, 1844 from Jimbour on the Darling Downs and ended after a nearly 4800 km overland journey in Port Essington on December 17, 1845. The "Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, from Moreton Bay to Port Essington, a Distance of Upwards of 3000 Miles, During the Years 1844-1845" by Leichhardt describes this expedition. 1842 was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ... The Sydney Opera House on Sydney Harbour Sydney (pronounced ) is the most populous city in Australia with a metropolitan area population of over 4. ... October 1 is the 274th day of the year (275th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. ... Port Essington is an inlet and historic site located on the Cobourg Peninsula in the Gurig National Park in Australias Northern Territory. ... December 17 is the 351st day of the year (352nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar. ... 1845 was a common year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... Moreton Bay from space, from a NASA photograph Moreton Bay is a large bay on the eastern coast of Australia 19 km from Brisbane, Queensland. ...

The second expedition, starting in December 1846, was supposed to take him from the Darling Downs to the West coast of Australia and ultimately to the Swan River and Perth. After covering only 800 km the expedition team was forced to return in June 1847 due to heavy rain, malarial fever and famine. After recovering, Leichhardt spent 6 weeks in 1847 to examine the course of the Condamine River and the country between the route of another expedition led by Mitchell in 1846 and his own route, covering nearly 1000 km. 1846 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ... The first detailed map of the Swan River, drawn by François-Antoine Boniface Heirisson in 1801 Black swan and family The Swan River estuary flows through the city of Perth, in the south west of Western Australia. ... Perth is the capital of the Australian state of Western Australia. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... The Condamine River drains the northern portion of the Darling Downs, an area of sub-coastal southern Queensland. ... Major Sir Thomas Livingston Mitchell (June 16, 1792-1855), surveyor and explorer of south-eastern Australia, was born at Grangemouth in Stirlingshire, Scotland. ...

In March 1848 he again set out from the Condamine River to reach the Swan River. He was last seen on April 3, 1848 at McPherson's Station, Coogoon on the Darling Downs. His disappearance after moving inland, although investigated by many, remains a mystery. The authentication of Leichhardts Rifle nameplate (an inscribed flattened brass nail) at Sturt Creek WA (news 24/11/06) may shed more light on that mystery. 1848 (MDCCCXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... April 3 is the 93rd day of the year (94th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar, with 272 days remaining. ... The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. ...

The Inner Western Sydney suburb of Leichhardt and the surrounding Municipality of Leichhardt are named for him, as is the Leichhardt Highway. Leichhardt's last expedition was the inspiration for Patrick White's novel Voss. King Street in Newtown, an inner-city suburb of Sydneys Inner West The Inner West of Sydney is an area which encompasses the inner-city suburbs of Sydney located immediately adjacent to, and west of the central business district. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Leichhardt is a suburb in the Municipality of Leichhardt in the inner-west of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. ... The Municipality of Leichhardt is a Local Government Area in the inner-west of Sydney, in state of New South Wales, Australia. ... National Route 39 The Leichhardt Highway is a major transport route in Queensland, Australia. ... Patrick White (May 28, 1912 – September 30, 1990) was an Australian author. ... Voss is an epic novel by Patrick White, first published in 1957. ...

Searches for Leichhardt

Four years after Leichhardt's disappearance, the Government of New South Wales sent out a search expedition under Hovendon Heley. The expedition found nothing but a single campsite with a tree marked "L" over "XVA". In 1858, another search expedition was sent out, this time under Augustus Gregory. This expedition found only a couple of trees marked "L". In 1865, Duncan McIntyre was shown a tree marked "L" on the Flinders River near the Gulf of Carpentaria. This mark was almost certainly made by William Landsborough; or if it was made by Leichhardt then it would have been during his 1844 journey to Port Essington. However, McIntyre reported to Melbourne that he had found traces of Leichhardt, and was subsequently appointed leader of a search expedition. This expedition was a complete failure, not even reaching the search area. In 1869, the Government of Western Australia heard rumours of a place where the remains of horses and men killed by Indigenous Australians could be seen. A search expedition was sent out under John Forrest, but nothing was found, and it was decided that the story might refer to the bones of horses left for dead at Poison Rock during Robert Austin's expedition of 1854. The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then. ... 1858 (MDCCCLVIII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... Sir Augustus Charles Gregory (1 August 1819–25 June 1905) was an Australian explorer. ... 1865 (MDCCCLXV) is a common year starting on Sunday. ... Duncan McIntyre ( 23 December 1834 – 13 June 1894) was a Scots-Quebecer businessman noted for his participation in the Canadian Pacific Railway syndicate of 1880 and as a founder of the Bell Telephone Company of Canada. ... The Flinders River is the longest river in Queensland, Australia. ... The Gulf of Carpentaria viewed from orbit. ... William Landsborough (c. ... 1844 was a leap year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Port Essington is an inlet and historic site located on the Cobourg Peninsula in the Gurig National Park in Australias Northern Territory. ... Melbournes Yarra River is a popular area for walking, jogging, cycling, rowing and for relaxing on the banks with a picnic Melbourne (pronounced either or [1]) is the second most populous city in Australia, with a metropolitan area population of approximately 3. ... 1869 (MDCCCLXIX) is a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar) of the Gregorian calendar or a common year starting on Sunday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar. ... The form of the Government of Western Australia is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1890, although it has been amended many times since then. ... See also, List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ... John Forrest, 1898 Sir John Forrest, PC, GCMG (22 August 1847–2 September 1918), sometimes incorrectly referred to Lord Forrest, 1st Baron Forrest of Bunbury, was an Australian explorer, the first premier of Western Australia and a cabinet minister in Australias first federal parliament. ... horse, see Horse (disambiguation). ... Poison Rocks, historically known as Poison Rock, is a place in Western Australia. ... The Austin expedition of 1854 was an exploring expedition undertaken in Western Australia by Robert Austin in 1854. ...

The mystery of Leichhardt's fate remained in the minds of explorers for many years: during David Carnegie's 1896 expedition through the Gibson and Great Sandy Deserts, he encountered some Indigenous Australians who had amongst their possessions an iron tent peg, the lid of a tin matchbox, and part of the ironwork of a saddle. Carnegie speculated that these were originally from Leichhardt's expedition. David Wynford Carnegie The Hon. ... 1896 (MDCCCXCVI) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ... A four wheel drive in the Gibson Desert The Gibson Desert is a Western Australian desert made up of sandhills and dry grass. ... The Great Sandy Desert is a 360,000 km² (223,700 mi²) expanse in northwestern Australia. ... See also, List of Indigenous Australian group names Indigenous Australians are the first human inhabitants of the Australian continent and its nearby islands. ...

In 2006 Australian historians authenticated a tiny brass plate bearing Leichhardt's name, originally discovered by an Aboriginal stockman near Sturt Creek on the Western Australia-Northern Territory border about 1900. [1]

References

• Erdos, Renee (1967). “Leichhardt, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig”, Pike, Douglas (ed.): Australian Dictionary of Biography, Volume 2: 1788-1850 I-Z. Melbourne: Melbourne University Press, 102–104. 0522841945.
• Serle, Percival (1949). “Leichhardt, Ludwig”, Dictionary of Australian Biography. Sydney: Angus and Robertson.

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External links

• Project Gutenberg e-text of Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia
• Entry for Ludwig Leichhardt in The Project Gutenberg Library of Australiana
• Works by Ludwig Leichhardt at Project Gutenberg

[2] Dalrymple Shire Council Leichhardt Rally 2006 Project Gutenberg (often abbreviated as PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works. ... Project Gutenberg (often abbreviated as PG) is a volunteer effort to digitize, archive, and distribute cultural works. ...

• Ludwig Leichhardt online collection - State Library of NSW