Leichhardt River - Wikipedia
WEBCoordinates: 17°34′46″S 139°47′37″E. The Leichhardt River is a river in north-west Queensland, Australia. Course. The source of the river is in the Selwyn Range under Rifle Creek Hill and fed by Rifle Creek approximately 25 kilometres (16 mi) south of the mining town Mount Isa.
Ludwig Leichhardt - Wikipedia
WEBAfter recovering from malaria Leichhardt spent six weeks in 1847 examining the course of the Condamine River, southern Queensland, and the country between the route of another expedition led by Sir Thomas Mitchell in 1846 and his own route, covering nearly 1,000 kilometres (620 mi).
Cold case: Leichhardt's disappearance - Australian Geographic
WEBAug 3, 2010 · In April 1848, in the company of five white men, two Aboriginal guides, seven horses, 20 mules and 50 bullocks, he left the Darling Downs in southern Queensland bound for Western Australia’s Swan River settlement. …
Leichhardt, New South Wales - Wikipedia
WEBLeichhardt is a suburb in the Inner West [2] of Sydney, in the state of New South Wales, Australia. Leichhardt is located 5 kilometres west of the Sydney central business district (CBD) and is the administrative centre for the local government area (LGA) of …
What really happened to Ludwig Leichhardt? - The Guardian
WEBMay 31, 2013 · The boundless Australian deserts are the stony lockers of many secrets – but the most enduring modern mystery to be held there is the fate of Ludwig Leichhardt, the strange Prussian scientist who...
Leichhardt River - WikiMili, The Best Wikipedia Reader
WEBThe river is named after the early explorer of Australia, Ludwig Leichhardt. Catchment. Leichhardt River has a catchment area of 32,878 square kilometres (12,694 sq mi). [2] Primary activities undertaken in the watershed include mining and grazing. The river is ephemeral and in the dry season the
Leichhardt Falls - Wikiwand
WEBThe Leichhardt Falls is a plunge waterfall on the Leichhardt River in the Gulf Country region of North West Queensland, Australia.
Leichhardt expedition | National Museum of Australia
WEBSep 6, 2023 · First expedition. Leichhardt hoped to join a government-sponsored expedition from Moreton Bay to Port Essington (north of what is now Darwin) to be led by Surveyor General Sir Thomas Mitchell. When this expedition fell through, Leichhardt mounted one himself.
Ludwig Leichhardt's Final Expedition — Google Arts & Culture
WEBGerman explorer Ludwig Leichhardt and his companions headed west from the Darling Downs in 1848 and were never seen again - the disappearance of their expedition remains one of the great unsolved...
Ludwig Leichhardt - The Australian Museum
WEBFriedrich Wilhelm ‘Ludwig’ Leichhardt was an accomplished scientist and deeply knowledgeable explorer. He completed one of the longest inland explorative journeys in Australia and opened up much of the country to pastoralism.
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