Thursday Explorer Question
Submitted: Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 20:03
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Here is tonight's Australian Explorer Question:
Who was purportedly the first european to visit the other side of what was once named the "Carmarthen Hills" and "Lansdowne Hills"?
Full name: 4 points
Bonus 1 point:
Which
explorers earned the "Official Credit" for getting there some years later?
Thanks to Member Noel K (NT) for the question.
Reply By: Member - Brian P (SA) - Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 20:20
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 20:20
Do not know first answer.
Official credit=Blaxland,
Wentworth & Lawson.
Named by Gov. Phillip.
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Follow Up By: Bushtrek - Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 20:30
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 20:30
Have always understood Arthur Phillip discovered and named them during his inland excursions in 1788.
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Follow Up By: equinox - Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 20:33
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 20:33
Well done Brian!!
Gregory Blaxland, William Charles
Wentworth and William Lawson.
1 Point...
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Reply By: Member - Ed. C. (QLD) - Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 20:52
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 20:52
George Caley, around 1804 ?
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Follow Up By: equinox - Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 21:00
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 21:00
Not Caley, before then.
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Follow Up By: Member - Ed. C. (QLD) - Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 21:36
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 21:36
Hmmm,
Would it have been Francis Barrallier, then?
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Follow Up By: equinox - Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 21:38
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 21:38
No, who is he?
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Follow Up By: Member - Ed. C. (QLD) - Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 22:03
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 22:03
Barrallier was a Frenchman who (apparently) explored quite a bit of the Great Dividing Range in the early days....
Not being at all familiar with the area in question, I'll take another "punt" at John Francis... Was it he?
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Follow Up By: equinox - Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 22:09
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 22:09
Not John Francis :)
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Follow Up By: Member - Ed. C. (QLD) - Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 22:36
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 22:36
Bugga!!!!
I meant to say John
Wilson...
Getting warm???
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Follow Up By: equinox - Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 22:40
Thursday, Jun 25, 2009 at 22:40
You got it!! Well done..
John
Wilson, Convict.
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Sourced from:
From the book "Outback Pioneers" by Evan McHugh
and
Web source
and
Wikipedia Source
Another question next week!!!!!
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Follow Up By: tim_c - Friday, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:32
Friday, Jun 26, 2009 at 12:32
"John
Wilson, Convict."
So, was it a legitimate exploration or that's just where he ended up while trying to escape?!
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Follow Up By: equinox - Friday, Jun 26, 2009 at 19:23
Friday, Jun 26, 2009 at 19:23
I don't think he was a convict at the time, that was just the best word I could think of to describe him.
He wasn't exploring, just surviving, but certainly rates a mention amongst the outer fringes of genuine
explorers.
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