{"id":12293,"date":"2017-10-06T05:25:59","date_gmt":"2017-10-06T05:25:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/?p=12293"},"modified":"2025-07-07T10:58:28","modified_gmt":"2025-07-07T10:58:28","slug":"charles-sturt-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/uk\/discover\/history\/general-history\/charles-sturt-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Who was Charles Sturt?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>Join us for a trip back in time to when the explorer, Charles Sturt, travelled through Australia\u2026.<\/strong><\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Charles Sturt facts<\/h2>\n<p><strong>Full name:<\/strong> Charles Napier Sturt<br \/>\n<strong>Born:<\/strong> 1795<br \/>\n<strong>Hometown:<\/strong> Bengal, India<br \/>\n<strong>Occupation:<\/strong> Explorer<br \/>\n<strong>Died:\u00a0<\/strong>16 June 1869<br \/>\n<strong>Best known for:<\/strong> His exploration of central Australia and the Murray river.<\/p>\n<h2><\/h2>\n<h2>Who was Charles Sturt?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts1.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11819 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts1.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Sturt Facts\" width=\"404\" height=\"635\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts1.jpg 404w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts1-191x300.jpg 191w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 404px) 100vw, 404px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Charles Sturt was born <strong>28 April<\/strong>, <strong>1795<\/strong> in <strong>Bengal<\/strong>, <strong>India<\/strong>, but he\u00a0was sent to school in <strong>England<\/strong> when he was five years old. He eventually joined the army in 1813 and served in Spain, Ireland, Canada and France.<\/p>\n<p>In 1827, Sturt sailed for New South Wales to escort <strong>convicts<\/strong> to Sydney. On arriving, he rather liked the place! In fact, he developed a great interest in the country and decided to stay and explore this incredible landscape.<\/p>\n<h2>What is Charles Sturt famous for?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11820 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts2.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Sturt Facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts2.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts2-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Back in the 1800s, much of the Australian continent had not yet been mapped by the British people who had settled there. Charles Sturt was keen to make his mark, so he got his boss, Governor Darling\u2019s okay to set out and explore the incredible landscape.<\/p>\n<p>In 1828, he followed the <strong>Macquarie River<\/strong> through the <strong>Macquarie Marshes<\/strong>, traversing the region of the <strong>Macquarie<\/strong>, <strong>Bogan<\/strong> and <strong>Castlereagh Rivers<\/strong>, and naming the <strong>Darling River<\/strong> en route!<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>The mission showed that the rivers didn&#8217;t flow into an inland sea &#8211; as people like Sturt had previously thought &#8211; they were flowing somewhere else&#8230; But where? It was time for another expedition!<\/p>\n<p>On his second expedition, from 1829-30, Sturt traced the Murrumbidgee River to its junction with the Murray River. With the help of local <strong>First Nations P<\/strong><strong>eople<\/strong> (Indigenous Australians), he saw the mouth of the Murray at <strong>Lake Alexandrina<\/strong>. Then, he was able to solve the mystery of where those west-flowing rivers were headed &#8211; they all flowed into the Murray River.<\/p>\n<p>In 1838, Charles followed the Murray River, rather than the more usual route to <strong>Adelaide<\/strong> along the Murrumbidgee River, where he mapped the course of the Murray above its junction with the Murrumbidgee for the first time.<\/p>\n<h2>Did Charles Sturt discover the Sturt Desert Pea?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts3.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11821\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts3.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts3.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts3-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Well, sort of! In 1845, Charles Sturt recorded lots of \u2018<strong>desert peas<\/strong>\u2019 &#8211; a beautiful red flower &#8211; on his journeys in Australia in 1844. However, specimens of Sturt&#8217;s Desert Pea were first collected by William Dampier, who recorded his first sighting on 22 August 1699. The flower was later named &#8216;Sturt&#8217;s Desert Pea&#8217; to honour the explorer.<\/p>\n<h2>How did Charles Sturt die?<\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts4.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-11822\" src=\"http:\/\/www.natgeokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts4.jpg\" alt=\"Charles Sturt Facts\" width=\"635\" height=\"404\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts4.jpg 635w, https:\/\/cdn.creatureandcoagency.com\/uploads\/2017\/09\/CharlesSturtfacts4-300x191.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 635px) 100vw, 635px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Sturt had suffered poor health since his second expedition. A combination of extreme heat in the Australian summer, a lack of food and water, and the effort required to row upriver, against the current, left him blind for several months. His sight eventually returned but his health never truly recovered. He died suddenly in 1869.<\/p>\n<h2>How is Charles Sturt remembered?<\/h2>\n<p>Charles Sturt has been commemorated in many ways. There\u2019s the City of Charles Sturt in Adelaide\u2019s western suburbs and the suburb Sturt, also in Adelaide. Then there\u2019s Charles Sturt University in New South Wales, the Sturt Highway from Wagga Wagga to Adelaide as well as the Sturt Stony Desert. In fact, the list goes on\u2026 do you know any others?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join us for a trip back in time to when the explorer, Charles Sturt, travelled through Australia\u2026. Charles Sturt facts Full name: Charles Napier Sturt Born: 1795 Hometown: Bengal, India Occupation: Explorer Died:\u00a016 June 1869 Best known for: His exploration of central Australia and the Murray river. Who was Charles Sturt? 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