Category: Australia, Explorers

Categories: Australia | Australia, History | Explorers | Explorers of Australia Project | Colonial Australia 1788-1900

In het Nederlands: Ontdekkingsreizigers Australie
Landing level category.

This category is for grouping profiles of individuals who were Explorers of Australia.

http://vochistory.org.au/On this site you will find out all about the world's first multi-national company - Vereenigde Oostindische Compagnie (United (Dutch) East Indies Company), or VOC, - and their mariners, ships and the impact they had on Western Australia long before white colonialisation in 1829.
Article on VOC in Australia: https://www.colonialvoyage.com/australia-dutch-east-india-company-voc/
Search and survival: Abraham Leeman and the Vergulde Draeck, Australian National Maritime Museum. https://anmm.blog/tag/dutch-east-india-company/
VOC – United Dutch East India Company, Museum of Western Australia. http://museum.wa.gov.au/explore/dirk-hartog/voc-united-dutch-east-india-company
Dutch Origins in Western Australia. http://indigitrax.org.au/

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Christopher Allingham 1829 Boa Island, County Fermanagh, Ireland - 1876

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Andrew Ball 23 Jun 1832 Shannon, County Donegal, Ireland - 27 Sep 1894

Henry Ball bef 07 Dec 1756 Woodchurch, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England - 22 Oct 1818

Collett Barker 31 Dec 1784 Hackney, London, England - abt 30 Apr 1831

George Bass 30 Jan 1771 Aswarby, Lincolnshire, England - 1803

John Batman 21 Jan 1801 Rosehill, New South Wales Australia - 06 May 1839

Nicholas Baudin 19 Feb 1754 St Pierre-de-Ré, France - 16 Sep 1803

Arthur Bayley 28 Mar 1865 Newbridge, Colony of Victoria - 29 Oct 1896

Dervish Bejah abt 1862 Baluchistan, India - 06 May 1957

Archibald Bell abt 01 Jan 1804 Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 09 Aug 1883

Robert Bell 07 Dec 1900 Richmond, Queensland, Australia - 1974

John Billiatt 11 Sep 1842 Honington, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Apr 1919

John Black 30 Jun 1831 Bolton, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom - 08 Sep 1919

James Blackman abt 1792 Woolwich, Kent, England - 22 Mar 1868

James Blackman 26 Dec 1759 Deptford, Kent, England - 06 May 1842

Francis Blackwood 25 May 1809 England, United Kingdom - 22 Mar 1854

Gregory Blaxland 17 Jun 1778 Fordwich, Kent, England - 01 Jan 1853

Joseph Bradshaw 06 Oct 1854 Melbourne, Colony of Victoria - 23 Jul 1916

Robert Brown 21 Dec 1773 Montrose, Scotland - 10 Jun 1858

Robert Buck 02 Jul 1881 Alberton, South Australia, Australia - 09 Aug 1960

Daniel Bunce 1812 Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 02 Jul 1872

Robert Burke 06 May 1821 St Clerans, Galway, Ireland - 01 Jul 1861

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James Calvert 13 Jul 1825 Otley, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom - 22 Jul 1884

Christofero Carandini abt 1850 Melbourne, Colony of Victoria - 15 Jan 1897

William Carr Boyd 1852 At sea enroute to Tasmania

William Carron 1821 Pulham, Norfolk, England, United Kingdom - 25 Feb 1876

George Clarke abt 1846 Colony of New South Wales - Jul 1895

James Cook 07 Nov 1728 Marton, Yorkshire, England - 14 Feb 1779

John Costello 31 Mar 1838 Yass, New South Wales, Australia - 25 Feb 1923

Richard Craig abt 1807 - 04 Jul 1855

George Crommelin 20 Aug 1845 Marylebone, Middlesex, England, United Kingdom - 07 May 1905

Allan Cunningham 13 Jul 1791 London, Middlesex, England - 27 Jun 1839

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Richard Daintree 13 Dec 1832 Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdonshire, England, United Kingdom - 20 Jun 1878

George (Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone) Elphinstone Dalrymple 06 May 1826 Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 22 Jan 1876

William Dampier abt 1651 Hymerford House, East Coker, Somerset, England - bef 23 Mar 1715

John Daniell bef 15 Jan 1643 Rotherhithe, Surrey, England - 21 Oct 1695

Thomas Darby 28 Apr 1850 Adelaide, South Australia, Australia - 02 Aug 1922

Tannatt David 28 Jan 1858 St Fagans, Glamorgan, Wales, United Kingdom - 28 Aug 1934

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Edmund Delisser 28 Jun 1829 Middlesex (London), England - 30 Jun 1900

John Deuchar Aug 1822 Kildrummy, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 12 Sep 1872

John Dickie abt Sep 1848 Midmar, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 31 Oct 1924

Robert Dixon 14 Apr 1800 Cockfield, County Durham, England - 08 Apr 1858

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John Embley 1858 Forest Creek, Victoria, Australia - 1937

George William Evans 05 Jan 1780 Warwickshire, England - 19 Oct 1852

Edward Eyre 05 Aug 1815 Whipsnade, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 30 Nov 1901

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Eugene Fitzalan abt 1830 Derry, Ireland - 20 Jun 1911

Matthew Flinders 16 Mar 1774 Donington, Lincolnshire, England - 19 Jul 1814

John Flood abt 1795 County Kildare, Ireland - 12 Nov 1878

William Ford abt 1852 Victoria, Australia - 16 Oct 1932

Alexander Forrest 22 Sep 1849 Picton, Western Australia - 20 Jun 1901

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Bungaree Garigal abt 1775 - 24 Nov 1830

Frederick Garling 20 Jun 1833 St. Philip's, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 05 Mar 1910

William Giles 20 Jul 1835 Bristol, England - 13 Nov 1897

William Gosse 11 Dec 1842 Hoddesdon, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Aug 1881

William Grant 1862 Royal Leamington Spa, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 04 Sep 1925

Francis Gregory 19 Oct 1821 Farnsfield, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Oct 1888

George Grey 14 Apr 1812 Lisbon, Portugal - 19 Sep 1898

Aeneas Gunn 1862 Victoria, Australia - Mar 1903

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William Hall 03 Dec 1825 Lambeth, London, England, United Kingdom - 11 Feb 1895

Lawrence Hargrave 29 Jan 1850 Greenwich, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 06 Jul 1915

Henry Hellyer bef 05 Jun 1790 Blendworth, Hampshire, England - 01 Sep 1832

Ernest Henry 1837 Crosthwaite, Cumberland, England, United Kingdom - 1919

James Hobbs 08 Apr 1792 Saltash, Devon, England - 29 Jan 1880

William Hodgkinson 31 Mar 1836 Handsworth, Warwickshire, England, United Kingdom - 23 Jul 1900

William Hovell 26 Apr 1786 Yarmouth, Norfolk, England - 09 Nov 1875

John Howe 1774 Redbourn, Hertfordshire, England - 19 Dec 1852

Andrew Hume 25 Dec 1831 Northumberland, England - 08 Nov 1874

Hamilton Hume 19 Jun 1797 Seven Hills, New South Wales, Australia - 19 Apr 1873

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Robert Jack 16 Sep 1845 Irvine, Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 06 Nov 1921

Francis Jardine 28 Aug 1841 Orange, Colony of New South Wales - 18 Mar 1919

Robert Johnston 09 Mar 1792 Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - 08 Sep 1882

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Edmund Kennedy 05 Sep 1818 Guernsey, Channel Islands - 13 Dec 1848

Philip King 13 Dec 1791 Norfolk Island, New South Wales (Australia) - 26 Feb 1856

Stephen King 15 Dec 1841 Kingsford, Colony of South Australia - 08 Oct 1915

William Kirk abt 1831 Wick, Caithness, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 May 1894

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William Lakeland 1847 Sydney, Colony of New South Wales - 24 Dec 1921

William Landsborough 21 Feb 1825 Stevenston, Ayr, Scotland - 16 Mar 1886

William Lawson 02 Jun 1774 Finchley, Middlesex, England - 16 Jun 1850

Friedrich Leichhardt 23 Oct 1813 Trebatsch, Brandenburg, Prussia - aft 03 Apr 1848

James Lewis 03 Oct 1813 St Davids, Pembrokeshire, South Wales - 14 Apr 1891

Michael Leyland 04 Sep 1941 Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 14 Sep 2009

Patrick Logan 1791 Coldingham, Berwickshire, Scotland - 23 Oct 1830

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Donald Mackay 29 Jun 1870 Yass, New South Wales (Australia) - 17 Sep 1958

John MacKay 26 Mar 1839 Rogart, Sutherland, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Mar 1914

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Archibald MacMillan 27 Dec 1840 Oban, Scotland, United Kingdom - 08 Oct 1905

Thomas Major abt 1842 Habrough, Lincolnshire, England, United Kingdom - 17 Nov 1928

John Mann 16 Dec 1819 Lewisham, Kent, England, United Kingdom - 07 Sep 1907

John (McGorery) McGorrery abt 1840 County Tyrone, Ireland - 09 Jan 1914

Archibald McLean 27 Mar 1885 Balmain, New South Wales, Australia - 15 May 1922

James Meehan abt 1774 County Offaly, Ireland - 21 Apr 1826

Johannes Menge 24 Jan 1788 Steinau an der Straße, Germany - Oct 1852

Archibald Meston 26 Mar 1851 Towie, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 11 Mar 1924

John Miles 05 May 1883 Melbourne, Colony of Victoria - 04 Dec 1965

Thomas Mitchell 15 Jun 1792 Falkirk, Stirlingshire, Scotland - 05 Oct 1855

Hugh Mosman 11 Feb 1843 Sydney, Colony of New South Wales - 15 Nov 1909

James Mulligan 13 Feb 1837 Drumgooland, County Down, Ireland - 24 Aug 1907

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John Oxley 06 Jul 1784 Kirkham Abbey near Westow, Yorkshire, England - 26 May 1828

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Thomas Petrie 31 Jan 1831 Edinburgh, City of Edinburgh, Scotland - 26 Aug 1910

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Mark Reid 04 Dec 1842 Johnstone, Renfrewshire, Scotland, United Kingdom - 17 Dec 1872

Emily (Robinson) Barnett 01 Nov 1860 At sea - 11 Nov 1944

John Roe 08 May 1797 Newbury, Berkshire, England - 28 May 1878

Charles Rowe 1842 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom - 12 Jun 1900

Joseph Russell 08 Nov 1818 Nottingham, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom - 21 Sep 1900

John Rymill 13 Mar 1905 Penola, South Australia, Australia - 07 Sep 1968

Stewart Ryrie 18 Dec 1812 Thurso, Caithness, Scotland - 14 Oct 1882

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Philip Saunders abt 1841 Shirburn, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom - 06 Jun 1931

Philip Sellheim 28 Sep 1832 Konradsdorf, Ortenberg, Büdingen, Hessen - 12 Oct 1899

George Simpson abt 1792 Hemsworth, West Riding, Yorkshire, England - 04 Jul 1870

Roger Simpson 1774 England - 19 May 1804

Stephen Simpson 1793 Wolston, Warwickshire, England - 11 Mar 1869

Henry Sinclair abt 1818 Scotland, United Kingdom - 1868

Owen Stanley 13 Jun 1811 Alderley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 13 Mar 1850

John Stokes 01 Aug 1811 Prendergast, Pembrokeshire, Wales, United Kingdom - 11 Jun 1885

Thomas Strangways 23 Jun 1809 Shapwick, Somerset, England, United Kingdom - 23 Feb 1859

Paweł Strzelecki 20 Jul 1797 Głuszyn - 06 Oct 1873

John Stuart 07 Sep 1815 Dysart, Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom - 05 Jun 1866

Charles Sturt 28 Apr 1795 Bengal, British India - 16 Jun 1869

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Abel Jansz Tasman 1603 Lutjegast, Groningen, Nederland - 10 Oct 1659

Watkin Tench 06 Oct 1758 Chester, Cheshire, England - 07 May 1833

Charles Throsby 20 Dec 1777 Glenfield, Leicestershire, England - 02 Apr 1828

Robert Towns 10 Nov 1794 Longhorsley, Northumberland, England - 11 Apr 1873

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Peter (Warburton) Egerton-Warburton 16 Aug 1813 Norley, Cheshire, England, United Kingdom - 05 Nov 1889

William Wentworth 13 Aug 1790 Norfolk Island, New South Wales (Australia) - 20 Mar 1872

John Wickham 21 Nov 1798 Haddington, Haddingtonshire, Scotland - 06 Jan 1864

William Wills 05 Jan 1834 Totnes, Devon, England, United Kingdom - abt 28 Jun 1861

Henry Wollaston 17 May 1863 Port Lincoln, Colony of South Australia - 17 Jul 1931