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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Person created 1993-10-20 human McCarthy, G.J. updated 2025-11-13 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P000810b.htm person Sturt Charles AACR2 28 April 1795 16 June 1869 Place of Birth India Place of Death England Explorer Charles Sturt, a military officer, undertook an exploration of the Murrumbidgee and Murray Rivers in 1829. He later took up a position as Assistant Commissioner of Lands in South Australia and in 1844-1846 explored Central Australia. Australian Joint Copying Project, National Library of Australia; and State Library of New South Wales (1945 - 1993)

AJCP M403

 South Australian Surveyor General's Office and the Survey and Crown Lands Department, Colony and State of South Australia (1836 - 1917)

Surveyor Genral 1838 - 1839; Assistant Commissioner of Lands 1839 - 1840s.

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 Sturt, Charles (1795-1869)

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 'Sturt, Charles', in Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation, Centre for Transformative Innovation, Swinburne University of Technology Sturt, Charles Swinburne University of Technology, Centre for Transformative Innovation Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Book Section: Charles Sturt, 1795-1869 Gammage, Bill Charles Sturt, 1795-1869 Oxford Oxford University Press 2004 Oxford Dictionary of National Biography Book: Life of Charles Sturt Sturt, Mrs Napier George Life of Charles Sturt London Smith & Elder 1899 Book Section: Sturt, Charles (1795-1869), explorer, soldier and public servant Gibbney, H. J. Sturt, Charles (1795-1869), explorer, soldier and public servant Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1967 Australian dictionary of biography, volume 2: 1788 - 1850 I-Z Douglas Pike 495-498 Book: Captain Charles Sturt Kennedy, D. Captain Charles Sturt Melbourne Oxford University Press 1958 Australian Explorers Journal Article: Charles Sturt, Explorer and Naturalist Rainbow, W. A. Charles Sturt, Explorer and Naturalist 1930 The Australian Museum Magazine 4 75-77 Book: Narrative of an expedition into Central Australia : performed under the authority of her Majesty's Government, during the years 1844, 5, and 6, together with a notice of the Province of South Australia, in 1847 Sturt, Charles Narrative of an expedition into Central Australia : performed under the authority of her Majesty's Government, during the years 1844, 5, and 6, together with a notice of the Province of South Australia, in 1847 facsimile North Adelaide Corkwood Press 2001 Book: Narrative of an expedition into Central Australia, performed under the authority of Her Majesty's government, during the years 1844, 5, and 6: together with a notice of the province of South Australia in 1847 Sturt, Charles Narrative of an expedition into Central Australia, performed under the authority of Her Majesty's government, during the years 1844, 5, and 6: together with a notice of the province of South Australia in 1847 London T. and W. Boone 1849 Journal Article: Wayilwan women caring for Country: dynamic knowledges, decolonising historical methodologies, and colonial explorer journals Flakelar, Danielle Carney; and O'Gorman, Emily Wayilwan women caring for Country: dynamic knowledges, decolonising historical methodologies, and colonial explorer journals 2023 Journal of Australian studies 47 1 160-80 Book: Upside Down World: Early European Impressions of Australia's Curious Animals Olsen, Penny Upside Down World: Early European Impressions of Australia's Curious Animals Canberra National Library of Australia 2010 Book: To the desert with Sturt: a diary of the 1844 expedition Brock, D. G. To the desert with Sturt: a diary of the 1844 expedition Adelaide Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch 1975 Book: Charles Sturt: His Life and Journeys of Exploration Cumpston, J. H. L. Charles Sturt: His Life and Journeys of Exploration Melbourne Georgian House 1951 Book: In step with Sturt Swan, Keith, with Carnegie, Margaret In step with Sturt Armadale, Vic. H. H. Stephenson 1979 Journal Article: What Charles Sturt saw in 1830 - syphilis beyond the colonial boundaries? Dowling, Peter What Charles Sturt saw in 1830 - syphilis beyond the colonial boundaries? 2017 Health and History 19 1 44-59 Book: Dictionary of Australian biography Serle, Percival Dictionary of Australian biography Sydney Angus & Robertson 1949 Resource: Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering Technology in Australia 1788-1988 Online Melbourne Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre 2000 Book: National portraits Palmer, Vance National portraits 3rd, reprinted Melbourne Melbourne University Press 1960 Charles Sturt - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Charles Sturt - Records FM 4/21 1829 - 1869 Microfilm of journals, maps and letters 1828-69 including official despatches and reports, charts and journals of expeditions, with correspondence. 1 reel Microfilm Charles Sturt - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Charles Sturt - Records 1824 - 1845 Papers 1824-45 (3 volumes of original manuscripts), including a journal of an expedition into the northwest of New South Wales 1828-29; correspondence with the New South Wales Colonial Secretary on the expedition 1828-30; sketches and a diary of an expedition to central Australia 1844-45. Microfilm of papers 1829-69 from originals in the Rhodes House Library, Oxford, further copies of which are held in the South Australian Archives and the National Library of Australia, Canberra. Charles Sturt - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Charles Sturt - Records M403 1945 - 1949 Letters and journals related to Sturt's Expedition to the interior, 1844-6 including vocabularies of the Murray River tribes of South Australia, and notes, drawings and charts of South Australia. 1 reel Microfilm Charles Sturt - Records State Library of Victoria, Australian Manuscripts Collection Charles Sturt - Records MS 9025 1838 Account of his journey along the Murray to South Australia 1838. 1 volume Charles Sturt - Records National Library of Australia Manuscript Collection Charles Sturt - Records mfm M403 1844 - 1848 Includes: letter of instructions from Governor George Grey, a schedule of men and animals proposed for Sturt's expedition with a list of provisions required; journal, 11 Aug. 1845 to 12 Jan. 1846, kept during the expedition; return of provisions and letter to Sturt 29 Jan. 1846 from Louis Piesse, the expedition's storekeeper; "Vocabulary of the dialect spoken by the Murray River tribes in South Australia, May 1844" and "Specimens of the language of the natives of the Upper Darling"; seven letters from the Colonial Secretary. A.M. Mundy, to Sturt July 1845-May 1847, concerning the expedition; drafts of notes by Sturt on the royalties from mines in South Australia and a draft of part of Sturt's Notice of the province of South Australia published with his Narrative. London, 1849; four drawings of landscapes and two charts 8) Letter, Feb. 1847, from Louis Piesse to Sturt; letter, Feb. 1848, about Sturt family matters. 1 reel Microfilm Charles Sturt - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Charles Sturt - Records A4099 1845 - 1846 Letter to G. Macleay 1846 (?) describing experiences on his Central Australian expedition July to November 1845. 40 pages Australian Botanists - Biographies Adolph Basser Library, Australian Academy of Science Australian Botanists - Biographies MS 064 Hunt Institute Biographies. Short biographies, averaging 2 pages, of Australian botanists, botanical collectors or artists. 0.24 m, 3 boxes Augustus Charles Gregory - Records Mitchell and Dixson Libraries Manuscripts Collection, State Library of New South Wales Augustus Charles Gregory - Records MS 191-8 and Q420-42 1842 - 1903 Field-books, journals and memoranda 1842-85; letters and maps connected with the North Australian Exploring Expedition 1854-58, and with the Expedition in search of Leichhardt 1857-58; and other records, overall dates 1842-1903. Includes: H. C. Gregory's letters and diaries connected with the North Australian Exploring Expedition 1855, and correspondence with A.C. Gregory 1855-57 [MS Q423, Q424, Q432, Q433, Q442]; F. Mueller's correspondence with A.C. Gregory 1855-57 and A.C. Macdonald 1888-1892 [MS Q423, Q426, Q442]; Henry Richards' petition and other documents relating to the North Australian Exploring Expedition 1855-57; Charles Sturt's correspondence with A.C. Gregory 1854-55 [MS Q421-2]; J. S. Wilson's journal and letters connected with the North Australian Exploring Expedition 1855-57 [MS Q420]; J. T. Baines' correspondence connected with the North Australian Exploring Expedition 1855-57; James Flood's letters and other documents 1855-57;