Date of Birth | 05-August-1815 |
Place of Birth |
Whipsnade (United Kingdom, South Bedfordshire) |
Nationality | |
Also know as | Edward Eyre |
Edward John Eyre was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, and a controversial Governor of Jamaica. South Australia's Lake Eyre, Eyre Peninsula, Eyre Creek, Eyre Highway, Edward John Eyre High School and the Eyre Hotel in Whyalla, and the electoral district of Eyre in Western Australia, are named in his honour, as are the villages of Eyreton and West Eyreton in Canterbury, New Zealand. |
Awards by Edward John Eyre |
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Check all the awards nominated and won by Edward John Eyre. | ||
1901
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