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Edward John Eyre

  • Birth in Whipsnade

  • Immigrated to Australia

  • Arrived in Sydney

  • Discovered and named Lake Hindmarsh

  • Met John Baxter

  • Attempts to find an overland route to the West

  • Met Wylie

  • Finds a group committed to finding a route to the West

  • Met Wylie

  • Finds a group committed to finding a route to the West

  • John Baxter is murdered

  • He is appointed lieutenant-governor of New Zealand

  • Awarded the founder's gold medal of the Royal Geographical Society

  • Married Adelaide Fanny

  • Was appointed lieutenant-governor of St. Vincent

  • Appointed governor-chief in Jamaica

  • Riots in Morant Bay

  • George William Gordon arrested and hung

  • Retired to Walreddon Manor

  • Death