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CHARLES STURT (d. 186g)

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Originally appearing in Volume V25, Page 1054 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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CHARLES STURT (d. 186g)  ,
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English explorer in New South Wales and in South
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Australia, was born in England, and entered the army, reaching the rank of captain . Having landed in Australia with his regiment (the 39th), he became interested in the
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geographical problems which were exciting attention . A first expedition (1828) led to the
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discovery of the Darling
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river; and a second, from which the explorer returned almost blind, made known the existence of Lake Alexandrina . From his third 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-general of South Australia in 1833, and subsequently chief secretary, which position he held until 1856 when responsible government was introduced, and Captain Sturt retired on a pension and went to live at
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Cheltenham, England, where he died on the 16th of
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June 1869, before he could be invested with the dignity 'of K.C.M.G. to which- he had been designated .

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