Paweł Edmund Strzelecki

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Paweł Edmund Strzelecki was a 19th-century Polish explorer and geologist best known for his extensive explorations in Australia and for naming and surveying many of its geographical features.

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instanceOf discoverer
explorer
geologist
human
traveller
awardReceived Order of St Michael and St George
burialPlace Kensal Green Cemetery
centuryOfActivity 19th century
countryOfBirth Poland
countryOfCitizenship Poland
countryOfDeath United Kingdom NERFINISHED
dateOfBirth 1797-07-20
dateOfDeath 1873-10-06
discovered Mount Kosciuszko
educatedAt home education
ethnicGroup Poles
familyName Strzelecki
fieldOfWork exploration
geography
geology
givenName Paweł
hasHonorificNameIn Mount Strzelecki
Strzelecki Desert
Strzelecki Ranges
Strzelecki Track
knownFor exploration of Australia
naming Mount Kosciuszko
surveying large areas of New South Wales
surveying large areas of Tasmania
surveying large areas of Victoria
languagesSpokenWrittenOrSigned English
Polish
mannerOfDeath natural causes
middleName Edmund
namedAfter Tadeusz Kościuszko
nativeLanguage Polish
notablePlaceOfActivity Ireland
New South Wales
Tasmania
United Kingdom NERFINISHED
Victoria
notableWork Physical Description of New South Wales and Van Diemen’s Land
exploration of Tasmania
exploration of eastern Australia
occupation author
explorer
geologist
participatedIn Great Famine relief in Ireland
placeOfBirth Głuszyna
near Poznań
placeOfDeath London, England
surface form: London
residence Australia
England
Poland
sexOrGender male

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Mount Kosciuszko firstAscentBy Paweł Edmund Strzelecki