Colonel Peter Egerton-Warburton, often referred to as Major Warburton, was a British military officer, Commissioner of Police for South Australia, and an Australian explorer.
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Colonel Peter Egerton-Warburton, often referred to as Major Warburton, was a British military officer, Commissioner of Police for South Australia, and an Australian explorer. In 1872 he sealed his legacy through a particularly epic expedition from Adelaide crossing the arid centre of Australia to the coast of Western Australia via Alice Springs.
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Lived 1813 to 1889 · aged 76
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