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Charles Sturt was one of the most important people related to early South Australia. Sturt was
created on the 28th of April 1795 in India. He lived in India until he was 5 when he moved to
England to keep his education. adelaide escort
Sturt joined the British Army in 1813 and served in Spain, Canada, France and Ireland. In 1827 Sturt
sailed to New South Wales to escort several convicts to Sydney, then he remained in Sydney for
several years. He showed a keen interest in exploring the unmapped country and rivers so he
attempted to solve the country's mysteries with Governor Darling's approval. In 1828 Sturt
discovered the Darling River and then in January of 1830 he discovered the Murray River which he
followed downstream until he reached present day Goolwa. Sturt and is party continued on
downstream and managed to achieve the river mouth with assistance from the local Aboriginies,
they had hoped to get the boat into the ocean but they couldn't and finished up needing to walk
over the sand dunes to start to see the water flowing into the sea.
Sturt had seen enough good land in South Australia and it was his report that influenced your
decision for the British to colonise South Australia.
Soon after that Sturt served as a commander on Norfolk Island befor time for England and leaving
the army. In 1834 he married Charlotte Green before time for New South Wales where he was
granted 5000 acres of land for his military service.
In 1835 Sturt did some surveying work in Adelaide for the South Australia Company. After Colonel
Light retired he gained the position of South Australia Company Surveyor General. Soon after that
Sturt left Adelaide for Sydney. Then set off exploring once more, this time into Central Australia to
settle the agreement over if there was an inland sea.
He left Adelaide in August of 1844 and returned in January of 1946. This is a hard trip for him as all
the time the temperature was over 45 Degrees Celsius (113 Degrees Farrenheit). In 1845 while with
this expedition he discovered the Sturt Desert Pea near a creek he names Cooper Creek after South
Australia's Chief Justice Sir Charles Cooper. Later Sturt became a Registrar-General and Chief
Colonial Treasurer at a pay of a meager $1000 a year. Click here
Sturt and his Wife had a daughter on the 19th of January 1847 and Settled in Red Beds, Grange.
Later that year Sturt returned to England where he published his well-known book, Narrative of a
Journey into Central Australia.Sturt died on the 16th of June 1869 at age 84. After he died the
Sturt Stony Seasert and Sturt River were named in his honour. He was an essential person in early
years of South Australia.

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