Charles Sturt

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Charles Sturt was a 19th-century British explorer noted for leading major expeditions into the interior of Australia, particularly along the Murray–Darling river system.

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Charles Sturt canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Australian explorer
British explorer
explorer
person
burialPlace Cheltenham
surface form: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
causeOfDeath illness
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfCitizenship United Kingdom
dateOfBirth 1795-04-28
dateOfDeath 1869-06-16
dateOfMarriage 1834-09-20
exploredRegion Darling River
Lake Alexandrina
Murray River
Murrumbidgee River
interior of New South Wales
interior of South Australia
familyName Sturt
fullName Charles Sturt self-link
givenName Charles
honouredBy Charles Sturt University Wagga Wagga Campus
surface form: Charles Sturt University

Sturt's Desert Pea
surface form: Sturt Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa)

Sturt Highway
Sturt National Park
knownFor Central Australian Expedition of 1844–1846
expeditions along the Murray–Darling river system
exploration of the interior of Australia
languageSpoken English
militaryBranch British Army
militaryRank captain
notableExpedition 1828–1829 Macquarie and Darling Rivers expedition
1829–1830 Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers expedition
Central Australian Expedition of 1844–1846
surface form: 1844–1846 Central Australian Expedition
notableWork Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia
Two Expeditions into the Interior of Southern Australia
numberOfChildren 7
occupation army officer
explorer
placeOfBirth Bengal Presidency
surface form: Bengal Presidency, British India
placeOfDeath Cheltenham
surface form: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
positionHeld Colonial Secretary
surface form: Colonial Secretary of South Australia (acting)

Registrar-General of New South Wales
reachedLocation Lake Alexandrina
surface form: Lake Alexandrina, South Australia

mouth of the Murray River
religion Anglicanism
residence Adelaide
surface form: Adelaide, South Australia

New South Wales
spouse Charlotte Christiana Greene

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Sturt Highway namedAfter Charles Sturt
Sturt's Desert Pea namedAfter Charles Sturt
Charles Sturt fullName Charles Sturt self-link
A20 namedAfter Charles Sturt
Sturtian glaciation namedAfter Charles Sturt
Clianthus formosus namedAfter Charles Sturt
Sturt County namedAfter Charles Sturt