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See also:STURT, See also:CHARLES (d. 186g) , See also:English explorer in New See also:South See also:Wales and in South See also:Australia, was See also:born in See also:England, and entered the See also:army, reaching the See also:rank of See also:captain. Having landed in Australia with his See also:regiment (the 39th), he became interested in the See also:geographical problems which were exciting See also:attention. A first expedition (1828) led to the See also:discovery of the See also:Darling See also:river; and a second, from which the explorer returned almost See also:blind, made known the existence of See also:Lake Alexandrina. From his third See also:journey (1844–1845), in which terrible hardships had to be endured, he returned quite blind, and he never altogether recovered his sight. He was appointed surveyor-See also:general of South Australia in 1833, and subsequently See also:chief secretary, which position he held until 1856 when responsible See also:government was introduced, and Captain Sturt retired on a See also:pension and went to live at See also:Cheltenham, England, where he died on the 16th of See also:June 1869, before he could be invested with the dignity 'of K.C.M.G. to which- he had been designated.
End of Article: STURT, CHARLES (d. 186g)
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