M'Kinlay, John—
Started from Adelaide with a relief party in search of Burke and Wills.
His trip across the continent did much to dispel the stigma that rested
upon the tract known as desert, and unfit for pastoral occupation. 1861.
Died at Gawler, in South Australia. 1874.
M'Intyre, Duncan— From Paroo to the Gulf of Carpentaria. Found and buried the bodies of two unfortunate pioneers, Messrs. Curlewis and M'Culloch. They had been murdered in their sleep by the natives. 1864.
Took command of a search expedition for Leichhardt, organised by the ladies of Victoria, but when in the Gulf of Carpentaria died of malarial fever. 1865.
M'Millan, Angus— Finds his way through the Snowy Mountains on the search for country. Discovers a river running through fine grazing plains and forest. This territory was called Gipps Land. The rivers discovered by him were afterwards re-named by Count Strzelecki, and retained, whilst those given by the real discoverer were forgotten. 1840.
M'Minn, Gilbert, and A. W. Sergison— Equipped by the South Australian Government, to ascertain the course of the Katherine. 1876.
M'Phee— Explorations east of Daly Waters. May be said to have concluded the list of expeditions between the overland telegraph line and the Queensland border. 1883.
Neilson, J. and Brothers— From Mount Ranken, on the Darling, to Cooper's Creek, in search of pastoral country. 1861.
Nares, Sir George Strong— Commander of H.M.S. SALAMANDER, surveyed the east and north-eastern part of Australia and Torres Straits. 1866-7.
Nuyts, Captain Pieter—
In the GULDE ZEEPARD. Accidentally touched on the south coast. Followed
it for about seven or eight hundred miles, and gave to it the name of
Pieter Nuyts' Land, 1627.