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Edmund Kennedy
Australian explorer · Australia · Historical Figures · Lived 1818 to 1848 · aged 30
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Something wrong?Edmund Besley Court Kennedy was an explorer in Australia in the mid-19th century. He was the Assistant-Surveyor of New South Wales, working with Sir Thomas Mitchell.
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Expeditions of Kennedy
This memorial plaque was unveiled at Portland Roads (Weymouth Bay) North Queensland, 100 years after Edmund Kennedy's fateful expedition to Cape York Peninsula.
Sketch of Kennedy's death.
A memorial to Kennedy and Jackey Jackey on the wall of St James' Church, Sydney
Edmund Kennedy Monument, South Mission Beach, Queensland
Memorial plaque for Edmund Kennedy near Somerset Queensland, circa 1969About this person
Edmund Besley Court Kennedy was an explorer in Australia in the mid-19th century. He was the Assistant-Surveyor of New South Wales, working with Sir Thomas Mitchell. Kennedy explored the interior of Queensland and northern New South Wales, including the Thomson River, the Barcoo River, Cooper Creek, and Cape York Peninsula. He died in December 1848 after being speared by Aboriginal Australians in far north Queensland near Cape York.
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