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Most Famous Australian Explorers
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Australia 2,671
28,604 EJ 
Edward John Eyre Australian Explorer 1815–1901
Edward John Eyre Australian Explorer 1815–1901 31,655 HW 
Hubert Wilkins Australian Explorer 1888–1958
Hubert Wilkins Australian Explorer 1888–1958 31,817 CK 
Charles Kingsford Smith Australian Aviator 1897–1935
Charles Kingsford Smith Australian Aviator 1897–1935 66,249 HH 
Hamilton Hume Australian Explorer 1797–1873
Hamilton Hume Australian Explorer 1797–1873 101,146 AC 
Augustus Charles Gregory Australian Explorer 1819–1905
Augustus Charles Gregory Australian Explorer 1819–1905 105,772 HH 
Harry Hawker Australian Test Pilot 1889–1921
Harry Hawker Australian Test Pilot 1889–1921 119,670 JR 
John Rymill Australian Explorer 1905–1968
John Rymill Australian Explorer 1905–1968 174,922 NB 
Nancy Bird Walton Australian Aviator 1915–2009
Nancy Bird Walton Australian Aviator 1915–2009 180,015 HG Harold Gatty Australian Navigator 1903–1957
215,276 FD 
Freda Du Faur Australian Mountaineer 1882–1935
Freda Du Faur Australian Mountaineer 1882–1935 360,206 GF George Fletcher Moore Australian Explorer 1798–1886
389,434 DL David Lindsay (explorer) Australian Explorer 1856–1922
395,326 PH 
Paddy Hannan Australian Explorer 1840–1925
Paddy Hannan Australian Explorer 1840–1925 669,654 MM 
Morton Moyes Australian Explorer 1886–1981
Morton Moyes Australian Explorer 1886–1981 700,505 RM 
Richard Minifie Australian Fighter Pilot 1898–1969
Richard Minifie Australian Fighter Pilot 1898–1969 703,159 WG 
William Gilbert Rees Australian Explorer 1827–1898
William Gilbert Rees Australian Explorer 1827–1898 712,257 RA Robert Austin (explorer) Australian Explorer 1825–1905
735,025 TB 
Thomas Braidwood Wilson Australian Explorer 1792–1843
Thomas Braidwood Wilson Australian Explorer 1792–1843 818,033 EC 
Edward Connellan Australian Aviator 1912–1983
Edward Connellan Australian Aviator 1912–1983 827,528 AC Andrew Cowper Australian Fighter Pilot 1898–1980
877,335 AC Alfred Canning Australian Explorer 1860–1936
1,131,164 MD 
Michael Durack Australian Explorer 1865–1950
Michael Durack Australian Explorer 1865–1950 1,566,329 JR John Rounsevell Australian Explorer 1836–1902
1,866,531 GA 
Glenn Allerton Australian Pilota b. 1981
Glenn Allerton Australian Pilota b. 1981 2,029,815 JJ John Jackson Oakden Australian Explorer 1818–1884
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