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John McDouall Stuart: The 4th Expedition (March to September, 1961)
Fixing the centre of the continent
The explorations of Stuart eventually resulted in the 1863 annexation of a huge area of country to the Government of South Australia. This area became known as the Northern Territory. This is the first in a series of pieces that will explore who John McDouall Stuart was, the era in which he lived… and some of the uncertainty concerning his legacy.
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