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Sir Pawel Edmund Strzelecki ( July 20 1797 - October 6 1873) was a Polish nobleman, explorer and geologist. Born in Gluszyn near Poznan in Poland as the third child of a struggling landowner of nobility, Paul Strzelecki was educated in Warsaw and then he lived in Kraków. After the national uprising against tsarist Russia in 1830, he was forced to emigrate to London. His explorations and voyages gained him great popularity abroad. He visited North and South America, Cuba, Tahiti and New Zealand.
In 1838, at the request of George Gipps , Governor of New South Wales, he made a geological and mineralogical survey of the Gippsland region of eastern VictoriaVictoria State flag ( In detail) Coat of Arms ( In detail) Capital Melbourne Governor HE Mr John Landy Premier Steve Bracks Area — Land — Marine — Total 227 416 km² 10 213 km² 237 629 km² Population (2004) Density 5,012,300 22/km² Time zone UTC+10 (except, where he made many discoveries. Later, in 1839 he set out on an expedition into the Australian AlpsMount Buffalo The Australian Alps is a general term for the highest mountain ranges in south-eastern Australia. The term Great Dividing Range is used to describe the series of mountains and plateaus which run about 3000 kilometres from northern Queensland and he explored the Snowy MountainsThe Snowy Mountains (The "Snowies") are the tallest Australian mountain range and contain Australia's tallest mountain, Mount Kosciuszko at 2228 metres above sea level. They are part of the larger Great Dividing Range. Explored in 1835 and feeding the Sno with James Macarthur . In 1840 he climbed and named the highest peak in Australia Mount KosciuszkoMount Kosciuszko located in the Snowy Mountains, in Kosciuszko National Park, is the highest mountain in Australia. It was named by the Polish explorer Count Paul Strzelecki in 1840 in honour of the Polish national hero General Tadeusz Kosciuszko. It was, to honour Tadeusz KosciuszkoFor things named to honor Tadeusz Kosciuszko, see: Kosciusko (disambuguation). Andrzej Tadeusz Bonawentura Kosciuszko (pronounced: []; Belarusian: ), born February 4, 1746 in the village of Mereszowszczyzna, Lithuania, Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth (now, Poland's national hero.
He moved back to London in 1849 where he was made a Fellow of the Royal Geographic Society and a member of the Royal SocietyThe Royal Society of London is claimed to be the oldest learned society still in existence and was founded in 1660. The Royal Irish Academy, founded in 1782, is also closely affiliated with it. The Royal Society of Edinburgh (founded 1783) is a separate S. He gained widespread recognition as an explorer as well as a philanthropist. He helped impoverished Irish families to seek new lives in Australia. He was also active in helping injured soldiers during the Crimean WarThe Crimean War lasted from 1854 to 1856. It was fought between Russia and an alliance of the United Kingdom, France, and the Ottoman Empire, joined somewhat tardily by Piedmont-Sardinia. The majority of the conflict took place around the Crimean peninsul (being personally acquainted with Florence NightingaleFlorence Nightingale ( May 12, 1820 August 13, 1910) The Lady With The Lamp was the pioneer of modern nursing. Born into a wealthy and well-connected British family in Florence, Italy, she was named after the city of her birth, as was her older sister bor).
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- Physical Description of New South Wales. Accompanied by a Geological Map, Sections and Diagrams, and Figures of the Organic Remains (London, 1845).
Strzelecki, Paul Edmund
Strzelecki, Paul Edmund
Strzelecki, Paul Edmund
Strzelecki, Paul Edmund
Strzelecki, Paul Edmund
