1837—Captain George Grey (afterwards Governor of South Australia), with Lieutenant Lushington; explorations on north-west coast.
1837-Messrs. Hesse and Gellibrand, while exploring Cape Otway country, were murdered by the blacks.
1837-45—Captains Wickham and Stokes, in the BEAGLE, surveyed the coasts of Australia, completing the geographical knowledge of the shores of the continent.
1838—E. J. Eyre; Port Phillip to Adelaide; discovered Like Hindmarsh.
1838—Sir Gordon Bremer re-settled Port Essington.
1839—Captain George Grey; second expedition; Western Australia.
1839—Schooner CHAMPION examined the west coast for navigable rivers.
1839—George Hamilton and party overland from Sydney to Melbourne. (See Overlanders, page 454 [in Index of Names])
1839—Governor Gawler, South Australia; made an excursion to the Murray.
1839—E. J. Eyre to the head of Spencer's Gulf and Lake Torrens, Port Lincoln, and Streaky Bay.