Map of Leichhardt’s expedition.
Preface
Friedrich Wilhelm Ludwig Leichhardt, a Prussian scientist, is remembered for his long journey in 1844-45 from the Darling Downs to Port Essington, an early settlement in the far north of the Northern Territory. He proceeded up the Burdekin Valley, crossed the Dividing Range, and discovered the Lynd and Mitchell Rivers. After following the Mitchell, Leichhardt skirted the shores of the Gulf of Carpentaria. The exhausted party lost much valuable equipment at the Roper River and finally arrived at Port Essington, in December, 1845. He made the return journey by sea.
The information contained in this title comes from two sources:
- Ludwig Leichhardt’s Journal of an Overland Expedition in Australia, published in London in 1847.
- History of the Colony of Queensland Volume I, by William Coote, published in 1882.
With these Original Source Documents, the original spelling and grammar are left as is to preserve the authenticity of the information.
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