Edward John Eyre

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Edward John Eyre

1815–1901

Best known for his dramatic journeys across Australia, he was also a colonial administrator whose later career became deeply controversial. His life links exploration, empire, and one of the most debated episodes in 19th-century British rule.

3 Audiobooks

Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete

Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Complete

by Edward John Eyre

Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Volume 02

Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Volume 02

by Edward John Eyre

Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Volume 01

Journals of Expeditions of Discovery into Central Australia and Overland from Adelaide to King George's Sound in the Years 1840-1: Sent By the Colonists of South Australia, with the Sanction and Support of the Government: Including an Account of the Manners and Customs of the Aborigines and the State of Their Relations with Europeans — Volume 01

by Edward John Eyre

About the author

Born in England in 1815, Edward John Eyre went to Australia as a young man and became known for bold overland expeditions in some of the continent’s harshest country. He is especially remembered for travels around the Lake Eyre region and along the southern coast, and his name was later given to both Lake Eyre and the Eyre Peninsula.

After his exploring years, he moved into colonial administration. He served as Lieutenant-Governor of New Munster in New Zealand and later as Governor of Jamaica. That final post made him a highly controversial figure because of his harsh response to the Morant Bay rebellion in 1865, which led to fierce public debate in Britain.

Eyre died in 1901 in Devon, England. Today he is remembered in two very different ways: as a determined explorer of Australia’s interior and as an imperial official whose record in Jamaica remains heavily criticized.