# Len Beadell

> Leonard Beadell OAM BEM FIEMS was a surveyor, road builder, bushman, artist and author, responsible for constructing over 6,000 km (3,700 mi) of roads and opening up isolated desert areas - some 2.5 million square kilometres - of central Australia from 1947 to 1963. Born in West Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Beadell is sometimes called "the last true Australian explorer".

*Australian explorer*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Historical Figure ([Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2798645))
- **Category:** Historical Figures
- **Country:** Australia
- **Born:** 1923-04-21
- **Died:** 1995-05-12
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

Leonard Beadell OAM BEM FIEMS was a surveyor, road builder, bushman, artist and author, responsible for constructing over 6,000 km (3,700 mi) of roads and opening up isolated desert areas - some 2.5 million square kilometres - of central Australia from 1947 to 1963. Born in West Pennant Hills, New South Wales, Beadell is sometimes called "the last true Australian explorer".

## Fame
- **Fame score:** 40.3
- **Momentum:** 0.3

## Sources
- [Len Beadell](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Beadell)
- [Len Beadell](https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Len_Beadell)
- [Биделл, Лен](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BB%D0%BB%2C_%D0%9B%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1817196)

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