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    Edward John Eyre (5 August 1815 – 30 November 1901) was an English land explorer of the Australian continent, colonial administrator, Lieutenant-Governor...
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    dries up and the water evaporates. The lake was named in honour of Edward John Eyre, the first European to see it in 1840. It was officially renamed in...
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    It was named after explorer Edward John Eyre, who was the first European to cross the Nullarbor by land, in 1840–1841. Eyre Highway runs from Norseman...
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    as the "dual-actionability test" (or "double actionability test"). Edward John Eyre had been the governor of Jamaica during the Morant Bay Rebellion. As...
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    Jane Eyre (/ɛər/ AIR; originally published as Jane Eyre: An Autobiography) is a novel by the English writer Charlotte Brontë. It was published under her...
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    Edward Bate Scott (3 April 1822 – 2 July 1909) was a pioneering colonist of South Australia who accompanied Edward John Eyre on several journeys and had...
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  • settler Edward John Eyre at his newly established Hunter River property. Baxter was reputedly married, but his wife died in 1837. At this period Eyre described...
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    Edward John Eyre High School is located in Whyalla Norrie, South Australia. It opened in 1968 as Eyre Technical High School. Built during the boom period...
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    in Western Australia. He accompanied Edward John Eyre to Adelaide by sea in May 1840, and would have left with Eyre on his expedition to penetrate to the...
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    called for reforms, and was charged with inciting to riot. Governor Edward John Eyre declared martial law in the area, ordering in troops to hunt down the...
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