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Captain Charles Sturt [B 6687/1] • Photograph

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Summary

Captain Charles Sturt, born India and joined the British Army, he arrived in Australia in 1827. Australian explorer, in 1830 he discovered and named the Murray River, an event that gave new impetus to the settlement of South Australia. In 1838 he brought cattle overland to Adelaide from Sydney, after which Governor Gawler appointed him South Australian Surveyor-General and Registrar-General. Sturt later undertook additional expeditions into central Australia, but his health failed and he returned to England in 1851.

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Physical description

Artwork (pencil sketch)

Dates / Publication details

1849

Artist

Montefiore, E. L

Collection

Part of Portrait Collection

Subject

Sturt, Charles, 1795-1869

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General notes

Copied from a sketch published in the The Colonial Monthly, September, 1869.

Digitisation information

Date

05/05/2005

Format

image/tiff

Resolution

2,171 x 3,800 pixels (8.2 MP)

Size

24.77 MB

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