Edward John Eyre was born in 1916 in England, he was destined to pursue an army career but his father persuaded him to come to Australia because of his poor health. He met Charles Sturt, whom encouraged him to explore. Eyre went on four main expeditions. The first began in May 1839. Three Europeans and two Aborigines accompanied Eyre and they headed north from Adelaide in order to find rich grazing country. They discovered rich country between …showed first 75 words of 663 total…

…showed last 75 words of 663 total…They finally arrived in Albany on the 7th of July. An excited crowd mobbed them as people have long thought them to be dead. Edward John Eyre and Wylie's achievements were more of the heroism they displayed rather than any real benefits their expedition brought. It did not open up new pasture or agricultural lands or stock routes, but it did confirm that between Adelaide and Perth there lay a huge, arid and forbidding wilderness.