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- Field Journals – Allan Cunningham – 1827 – History Queensland
Cunningham then returned to Sydney, but when he visited Brisbane Town in 1828, his main ambition was to reach this gap and verify its suitability as a pass to the Downs Referencing John Gladstone Steele (1983) The Explorers of the Moreton Bay District, 1770-1830 University of Queensland Press(Australia) Contents Field Journal – 10th
- Darling Downs fact sheet - National Trust
following year, 1828, Cunningham discovered a gap in the Great Dividing Range which would allow access from Brisbane and Moreton Bay to the Darling Downs This was named Cunningham’s Gap Despite Allan Cunningham’s exciting discovery, no-one came to live on the Darling Downs until twelve years later This is because Moreton Bay was a penal
- Squatters take possession of the Darling Downs
As mentioned here, Allan Cunningham had set out to explore the area to the west of Moreton Bay in 1827, crossing to the west of the Great Dividing Range from the Hunter Region and travelling north In June 1827, he noticed a potential pass, but was running out of time to explore this further This happened a year later and the pass became known as Cunningham’s Gap
- Allan Cunningham Expedition | Monument Australia
The cairn commemorates the 150th anniversary of the exploration and naming of the Darling Downs by Allan Cunningham in 1827 Allan Cunningham (1791 – 1839) was an English botanist and explorer, primarily known for his travels in Australia to collect plants Cunningham's longest, and perhaps most important, journey lasted from 20 January to late August 1827: from the Hunter valley he
- Colonial Secretarys papers 1822-1877
Botanical Collector, Allan Cunningham reported on two collection expeditions: 1827 from Liverpool Plains to Moreton Bay and, in 1829 west and north west of the penal settlement at Moreton Bay, with the intention of shipping plants and seeds to England for the King's Gardens at Kew
- Allan Cunningham: 1791–1839 - scone. com. au
Allan Cunningham returned to Bathurst, but would return in 1827 when he used Segenhoe as his starting point for an expedition which went over the Great Dividing Range to Moreton Bay Cunningham’s Seat in Rotary Park, Scone commemorates when Allan Cunningham passed by the spot in 1827 and would discover the Darling Downs
- Colonial Exploration : Allan Cunningham (1791 - 1839) - Australia Guide
Leaving Segenhoe in the Hunter River valley (N S W ) on 30 April 1827, he discovered on 6 June a vast area of excellent land which he named the Darling Downs in honour of the Governor A year later, he went to Brisbane and, after one unsuccessful attempt, discovered a way from Brisbane to the Darling Downs through Cunningham's Gap
- Allan Cunningham, Botanist and Explorer - Free Settler or Felon
Allan Cunningham Botanist and Explorer Birth: London 1791 Arrival: Surry in 1816 Occupation: Botanist, explorer Death: Sydney, June 1839 In 1827 Allan Cunningham already possessed vast experience in the exploration of Australia, both by land and sea He was acquainted with botanist Robert Brown and was a Botanical Collector for the Royal Gardens at Kew He was under the patronage of Sir Joseph
- Allan Cunningham discovers the Darling Downs [chapter 19 of “The story . . .
He returned on January 20, 1827, bringing with him a valuable collection of New Zealand flora It was in the year 1827 that Cunningham made his most notable journey of exploration which was destined to prove of vital importance to the Moreton Bay district On April 30 he started from Segenhoe, a station on the Page, a tributary of the Hunter
- Allan Cunningham (1791 – 1839) – Scone Vet Dynasty
Allan Cunningham (1791-1839), botanist and explorer, was born on 13 July 1791 at Wimbledon, Surrey, England, elder son of Allan Cunningham of Renfrewshire, Scotland, and an English mother, née Dickin While in the Darling Downs he found a gap in the ranges, now called Spicers Gap, which he thought would give access from Moreton Bay to the
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