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 English AACR2 Anglo-American Cataloguing Rules Event created 2019-02-26 human Helen Cohn updated 2025-11-20 human https://www.eoas.info/biogs/P006301b.htm event North Australian Exploring Expedition AACR2 August 1855 December 1856 Australian inland exploration The North Australian Exploring Expedition was organised at the request of the Secretary of State for the Colonies and with the backing of the Royal Geographical Society, London, to explore parts of inland northern Australia where no Europeans had previously travelled. Members of the Expedition included Augustus Gregory as leader, his brother Henry, botanist Ferdinand Mueller, artist Thomas Baines, geologist James Wilson, surgeon and naturalist Joseph Elsey, collector James Flood and 11 other men. Embarking from Moreton Bay in August 1855 the Expedition reached the estuary of the Victoria River in September. After establishing a depot camp Gregory, with eight men, travelled south exploring the Victoria River for nearly 300 miles before, sensing the onset of drought, he turned back. While most Expedition members returned to Moreton Bay by sea, Gregory, Mueller and five others travelled overland across northern Australia and Queensland, arriving back in December 1856. While no significant resources or grazing land were discovered, over 5,000 miles were traversed, extensive scientific collections were made, and all Expedition members returned safely. Mueller retained the plant specimens in his Herbarium in Melbourne, with duplicates being forwarded to the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Many of Baines's paintings from the Expedition are in the Royal Geographical Society. September 1855 September 1855 Expedition landed in the estuary of the Victoria River January 1856 March 1856 Gregory and a small party explored the Victoria and other inland Rivers June 1856 December 1856 Gregory, Mueller and a small party travelled overland to Moreton Bay 1858 1858 Gregory published his journal of the Expedition (Gregory 1858) 1858 1958 Mueller published his report on the Expedition (Mueller 1858) August 1955 Expedition members embarked by sea from Moreton Bay, Queensland Wilson, James Spottiswood

Geologist on the Expedition

 Mueller, Ferdinand Jakob Heinrich von (1825 - 1896)

Botanist on the Expedition.

 Gregory, Henry Churchman (1823 - 1869)

Member of the Expedition

 Gregory, Augustus Charles (1819 - 1905)

Leader of the Expedition

 Flood, James

Overseer and plant collector

 Elsey, Joseph Ravenscroft (1834 - 1857)

Surgeon and naturalist 1855 - 1856

 Baines, (John) Thomas (1820 - 1875)

Artist on the Expedition 1855 - 1856

 Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (1759 - )

Specimens from the Expedition are in the Herbarium.

 National Herbarium of Victoria (1896 - )

The specimens collected by Mueller are in the Herbarium.

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